maintainor

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maintainor - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Maintainor \Main*tain"or\, n. [OF. mainteneor, F. mainteneur.]
     (Crim. Law)
     One who, not being interested, maintains a cause depending
     between others, by furnishing money, etc., to either party.
     --Bouvier. --Wharton.
     [1913 Webster]