supporter
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
supporter (plural supporters)
- A person who gives support to someone or something.
- A person who supports, promotes, advocates or champions a cause or movement; an adherent.
- A person who provides moral or physical support to another; an attendant participating in a ceremony or procession.
- (sports) Someone who is a fan of a certain sports team or sportsperson.
- There were 10,000 supporters in the last match.
- Something that supports another thing.
- Something that supports a structure such as a building or a sculpture.
- (heraldry) An animal or figure that supports a shield in a coat of arms.
- A garter worn around the leg to support a sock or stocking.
- 1957, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, “Zooey”, in Franny and Zooey, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, published 1961, ISBN 978-0-316-76954-9; LB Books edition, New York, N.Y.: LB Books, 1991, ISBN 978-0-606-28833-0, page 117:
- From the radiator, where he was attaching supporters to his socks, Zooey glanced up at her.
- 1957, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, “Zooey”, in Franny and Zooey, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, published 1961, ISBN 978-0-316-76954-9; LB Books edition, New York, N.Y.: LB Books, 1991, ISBN 978-0-606-28833-0, page 117:
- Clipping of athletic supporter#English|athletic supporter.
- French: partisan, supporter, supporteur, supporteuse, supportrice
- German: Unterstützer, Anhänger
- Italian: promotore, fautore, aderente, sostenitore
- Portuguese: apoiador
- Russian: сторо́нник
- French: support
- German: Schildhalter
- Italian: supporto
- Portuguese: suporte
- Russian: щитоно́с
- Spanish: soporte, tenante
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