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Supporter
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- 1 A person who gives support to someone or something.; A person who supports, promotes, advocates or champions a cause, movement, or political party; an adherent.
"During the latter part of the rebellion, he has pretended to be a warm supporter of the Government, and he may have been sincere; but, from what others have told me, he said to them he was not during the early part of the rebellion."
- 2 a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise wordnet
- 3 A person who gives support to someone or something.; A person who provides moral or physical support to another; an attendant participating in a ceremony or procession.
"The Inthronization. The King ascended the Theatre, accompanied by the two Bishops his Supporters, the Great Officers of State, the Lords carrying the Swords, and the Lords who had borne Their Majesties' Regalia, and was Inthroned by the Archbishops, Bishops, and the other Peers, who then stood about the steps of the Throne."
- 4 a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve) wordnet
- 5 A person who gives support to someone or something.; Someone who is a fan of a certain sports team or sportsperson.
"More than 10,000 supporters attended the last match."
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- 6 a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose wordnet
- 7 Something that supports another thing.
"Combustibility, then, is not a quality of the combustible, taken by itself. It is merely a faculty which may be brought into action through the instrumentality of a corresponding faculty in some other body. It is, in the case now before us, the union of the combustible with oxygen, and which, for this reason, is called the "supporter"; neither of which, however, when taken alone, can be consumed. To effect combustion, then, we must have a combustible and a supporter of combustion."
- 8 someone who supports or champions something wordnet
- 9 Something that supports another thing.; Something that supports a structure such as a building or a sculpture.
"Plane surfaces predominate in this factory. The glass and iron walls are joined cleanly at the corners without the intervention of piers[…]. [Peter] Behrens bounded the glass walls of his famous Turbine Hall right and left with monumental cyclopean walls. These have disappeared with [Walter] Gropius. His walls show that they are no longer supporters of the building, but simple curtains, protection against inclement weather, as Gropius put it."
- 10 a person who backs a politician or a team etc. wordnet
- 11 Something that supports another thing.; An animal or figure that supports a shield in a coat of arms.
"[…] I am fully perſuaded that there cannot remain a doubt of the uſe of ſupporters having originated from the fancy of ſeal-engravers. Supporters were likewiſe anciently uſed by divers perſons in private life, as appears by their ſeals, who had offices of high dignity in the ſtate, and more eſpecially by thoſe whoſe employments had the title of Lord prefixed to the ſtile; as Lord Deputy of Ireland, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, Lord Preſident of the Council, Lord of the Marches of Wales, Lord Warden of the Stanneries, &c."
- 12 Something that supports another thing.; A garter worn around the leg to support a sock or stocking.
"From the radiator, where he was attaching supporters to his socks, Zooey glanced up at her."
- 13 Something that supports another thing.; Clipping of athletic supporter. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Etymology
From Middle English supporter, supportour, equivalent to support + -er.
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