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Sympathizer
noun
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Noun
- 1 A person who sympathizes (with a political cause, a side in a conflict, etc.); a supporter. derogatory, often
"His reputation was ruined when it was revealed that he had been a Nazi sympathizer before the war."
- 2 someone who shares your feelings or opinions and hopes that you will be successful wordnet
- 3 A person who has, shows or expresses sympathy (with another person or people); a person who enters into the feelings of another. archaic
"[…] it is a sad case when the truly godly, who are cordial sympathizers, and earnest intercessours in the straits of a Nation, are stricken dumb in a day of calamity […]"
- 4 a person who commiserates with someone who has had misfortune wordnet
Etymology
From sympathize + -er.
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