upholsterer
/ʌpˈhəʊlst(ə)rə
/ /ʌpˈhɒlst(ə)rə/noun
A person who upholsters furniture, especially professionally.Lala's father is a furniture upholsterer who moves his family from Mexico City to Chicago and then to San Antonio in search of a better life....
- Nan's eye for hidden treasure extends to furniture; she dug two armchairs out of an upholsterer's basement.
- The firm employed approximately one hundred specialized workers including gilders, carpenters, upholsterers, repairmen, and glaziers.
Origin
Early 17th century: from the obsolete noun upholster (from uphold in the obsolete sense 'keep in repair') + -ster.