Sympathizer

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    someone who shares your feelings or opinions and hopes that you will be successful wordnet
  3. 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. 4
    a person who commiserates with someone who has had misfortune wordnet

Etymology

From sympathize + -er.

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