Standard Lemma guide

upholsterer

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ʌpˈhəʊl.stəɹ.ə/
  • General-American: /ʌpˈhoʊl.stəɹ.əɹ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -əʊlstəɹə(ɹ)

1

noun

Meaning 1

One who upholsters furniture, especially a trained craftsman who does so as an occupation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a craftsman who upholsters furniture

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: craftsman, artisan, journeyman, artificer

History

Etymology

From upholster + -er, from Middle English upholdester, upholster, from Middle English upholder (“dealer in small goods”), from upholden (“to repair, uphold”). By surface analysis, uphold + -ster + -er.

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُنَجِّد (munajjid) — craftsman who upholsters furniture
  • Czech: čalouník — craftsman who upholsters furniture
  • Czech: čalounice — craftsman who upholsters furniture
  • Dutch: stoffeerder — craftsman who upholsters furniture
  • French: tapissier — craftsman who upholsters furniture
  • French: tapissière — craftsman who upholsters furniture
  • French: tapissier garnisseur — craftsman who upholsters furniture
  • French: tapissière garnisseuse — craftsman who upholsters furniture
  • German: Polsterer — craftsman who upholsters furniture
  • German: Polsterin — craftsman who upholsters furniture
  • German: Tapezierer — craftsman who upholsters furniture
  • German: Tapeziererin — craftsman who upholsters furniture
  • Hungarian: kárpitos — craftsman who upholsters furniture
  • Italian: tappezziere — craftsman who upholsters furniture
  • Italian: tappezziera — craftsman who upholsters furniture
  • Italian: apparatore — craftsman who upholsters furniture
  • Italian: apparatrice — craftsman who upholsters furniture
  • Māori: kaiwhakapuru — craftsman who upholsters furniture
  • Māori: kaiwahakapurupuru — craftsman who upholsters furniture
  • Pannonian Rusyn: тапетар (tapetar) — craftsman who upholsters furniture
  • Pannonian Rusyn: кавчар (kavčar) — craftsman who upholsters furniture
  • Polish: tapicer — craftsman who upholsters furniture
  • Portuguese: estofador — craftsman who upholsters furniture
  • Portuguese: estofadora — craftsman who upholsters furniture
  • Portuguese: tapeceiro — craftsman who upholsters furniture
  • Portuguese: tapeceira — craftsman who upholsters furniture
  • Romanian: tapițer — craftsman who upholsters furniture
  • Russian: обо́йщик (obójščik) — craftsman who upholsters furniture
  • Russian: драпиро́вщик (drapiróvščik) — craftsman who upholsters furniture
  • Slovene: tapetnik — craftsman who upholsters furniture
  • Slovene: tapetničarka — craftsman who upholsters furniture
  • Spanish: tapicero — craftsman who upholsters furniture
  • Spanish: tapicera — craftsman who upholsters furniture
  • Swedish: tapetserare — craftsman who upholsters furniture
  • Turkish: döşemeci — craftsman who upholsters furniture
  • Ottoman Turkish: دوشهمهجی (döşemeci) — craftsman who upholsters furniture