upholder

he was an upholder of convention and correct form.

an upholder of justice

to be an upholder of tradition

as an upholder of the law

to act as an upholder of peace

an upholder of human rights

to be a strong upholder of ethics

as an upholder of democracy

to serve as an upholder of truth

an upholder of freedom of speech

to become an upholder of equality

Science in all its branches — physics, chemistry, biology, and psychology — is the servant and upholder of this system.

The Burden of Proof Intelligent sceptics know that the burden of proving a hypothesis must invariably fall on them, as the challengers to the status quo, and not on the upholders