restorer
nounEtymology From restore + -er.
1
Something or someone that restores.
- Slightly mesmerized by this accomplishment, Rita asked, "Are you a chair mender?" "I'm the best carver, joiner, and expert furniture restorer in this country. So what about it?" "If you really are a good restorer - you'll have to wait a minute, though. I'm only looking after the place for the owner at present. I'll have to consult her."1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 62:
- 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text Inside its exhibit hall, behind panes of glass, in a white-lit lab, a team of restorers works on an ancient Byzantine floor: 44 square yards of stone shards rescued from Lot’s Cave Monastery.
- Derived terms
- hair restorer