About The Word Supporter
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Supporter
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What's The Definition Of Supporter?
[n] a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve)
[n] a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work" [n] someone who supports or champions something [n] a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library" Synonyms | Synonyms for Supporter: admirer | assistant | booster | champion | friend | garter | help | helper | patron | protagonist | sponsor Related Terms | Find terms related to Supporter: See Also | accomplice | acolyte | actor's assistant | advocate | advocator | aide | angel | anglophil | anglophile | attendant | attender | auxiliary | backer | band | believer | benefactor | Boswell | cat's-paw | chief assistant | coadjutor | confederate | convert | dental assistant | deputy | dresser | endorser | enforcer | enthusiast | event planner | exponent | facilitator | fashion model | Francophil | Francophile | free trader | functionalist | girl Friday | godfather | godparent | Graecophile | guarantor | hatchet man | instrument | Jacobite | labor coach | lieutenant | loyalist | mainstay | maintainer | man Friday | manakin | manikin | mannequin | mannikin | model | monitrice | New Dealer | paraprofessional | partisan | partizan | patroness | patronne | pawn | philhellene | philhellenist | pillar | pillar of strength | poser | powder monkey | prompter | proponent | ratifier | right-hand man | Roundhead | seconder | secretarial assistant | secretary | Shavian | sidesman | stalwart | subscriber | surety | sustainer | sympathiser | sympathizer | tender | theater prompter | toaster | tower of strength | truster | upholder | verifier | voucher | warranter | warrantor | wassailer | water boy | waterer | well-wisher | Whig | whipper-in | worker Supporter In Webster's Dictionary \Sup*port"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, supports; as, oxygen is a
supporter of life.
The sockets and supporters of flowers are figured.
--Bacon.
The saints have a . . . supporter in all their
miseries. --South.
2. Especially, an adherent; one who sustains, advocates, and
defends; as, the supporter of a party, faction, or
candidate.
3. (Shipbuilding) A knee placed under the cathead.
4. (Her.) A figure, sometimes of a man, but commonly of some
animal, placed on either side of an escutcheon, and
exterior to it. Usually, both supporters of an escutcheon
are similar figures.
5. (Med.) A broad band or truss for supporting the abdomen or
some other part or organ.
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