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sup·port·er

(sə-pôr′tər)

1. One that supports, as a structural member of a building.

2. One who promotes or advocates; an adherent: a supporter of capitalism.

3. An athletic supporter.

4. Heraldry An animal or figure that supports a shield in a coat of arms.

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supporter

(səˈpɔːtə)

1. a person who or thing that acts as a support

2. a person who backs a sports team, politician, etc

3. (Medicine) a garment or device worn to ease the strain on or restrict the movement of a bodily structure or part

4. (Heraldry) heraldry a figure or beast in a coat of arms depicted as holding up the shield

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sup•port•er

(səˈpɔr tər, -ˈpoʊr-)

n.

1. a person or thing that supports.

2. an adherent, follower, backer, or advocate.

3. a jockstrap.

4. a garter.

5. either of two human or animal figures flanking and supporting an escutcheon.

[1400–50]

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Noun	1.	supporter - a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library" admirer, booster, protagonist, champion, friend advocate, advocator, exponent, proponent - a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea anglophil, anglophile - an admirer of England and things English believer, truster - a supporter who accepts something as true Boswell - a devoted admirer and recorder of another's words and deeds cheerleader - an enthusiastic and vocal supporter; "he has become a cheerleader for therapeutic cloning" Confederate - a supporter of the Confederate States of America corporatist - a supporter of corporatism enthusiast, partizan, partisan - an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity Francophil, Francophile - an admirer of France and everything French free trader - an advocate of unrestricted international trade functionalist - an adherent of functionalism Jacobite - a supporter of James II after he was overthrown or a supporter of the Stuarts loyalist, stalwart - a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt) New Dealer - a supporter of the economic policies in the United States known as the New Deal Graecophile, philhellene, philhellenist - an admirer of Greece and everything Greek mainstay, pillar - a prominent supporter; "he is a pillar of the community" Roundhead - a supporter of parliament and Oliver Cromwell during the English Civil War seconder - someone who endorses a motion or petition as a necessary preliminary to a discussion or vote Shavian - an admirer of G. B. Shaw or his works endorser, indorser, ratifier, subscriber - someone who expresses strong approval well-wisher, sympathiser, sympathizer - someone who shares your feelings or opinions and hopes that you will be successful toaster, wassailer - someone who proposes a toast; someone who drinks to the health of success of someone or some venture maintainer, sustainer, upholder - someone who upholds or maintains; "firm upholders of tradition"; "they are sustainers of the idea of democracy" verifier, voucher - someone who vouches for another or for the correctness of a statement Whig - a supporter of the American Revolution
	2.	supporter - someone who supports or champions something sponsor, patron benefactor, helper - a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help) backer, angel - invests in a theatrical production godfather - someone having a relation analogous to that of a male sponsor to his godchild godparent - a person who sponsors someone (the godchild) at baptism guarantor, warranter, warrantor, surety - one who provides a warrant or guarantee to another patroness, patronne - a woman who is a patron or the wife of a patron pillar of strength, tower of strength - a person who can be relied on to give a great deal of support and comfort
	3.	supporter - 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" assistant, helper, help coadjutor - an assistant to a bishop worker - a person who works at a specific occupation; "he is a good worker" accomplice, confederate - a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan) auxiliary, aide - someone who acts as assistant attendant, attender, tender - someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another bat boy - (baseball) a boy who takes care of bats and other baseball equipment dental assistant - an assistant to a dentist deputy, lieutenant - an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent actor's assistant, dresser - a wardrobe assistant for an actor event planner - someone who plans social events as a profession (usually for government or corporate officials) facilitator - someone who makes progress easier flower girl - a young girl who carries flowers in a (wedding) procession girl Friday - a female assistant who has a range of duties enforcer, hatchet man - one whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a superior cat's-paw, pawn, instrument - a person used by another to gain an end birthing coach, doula, labor coach, monitrice - an assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classes underboss - an assistant or second-in-command to a chief (especially in a crime syndicate) fashion model, manakin, mannequin, mannikin, manikin, model - a woman who wears clothes to display fashions; "she was too fat to be a mannequin" poser, model - a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor; "the president didn't have time to be a model so the artist worked from photos" paraprofessional - a trained worker who is not a member of a profession but who assists a professional powder monkey - someone who carries explosives (as from the magazine to the guns on board a warship) prompter, theater prompter - someone who assists a performer by providing the next words of a forgotten speech chief assistant, man Friday, right-hand man - the most helpful assistant secretarial assistant, secretary - an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization sidesman - (Church of England) an assistant to the churchwarden; collects offerings of money in the church subordinate, subsidiary, underling, foot soldier - an assistant subject to the authority or control of another water boy, waterer - an assistant who supplies drinking water whipper-in - huntsman's assistant in managing the hounds
	4.	supporter - a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve) garter band - a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body)
	5.	supporter - a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise athletic supporter, jockstrap, suspensor, jock man's clothing - clothing that is designed for men to wear protective garment - clothing that is intended to protect the wearer from injury

supporter

noun follower, fan, advocate, friend, champion, ally, defender, sponsor, patron, helper, protagonist, adherent, henchman, apologist, upholder, well-wisher a major supporter of the 1986 tax reform plan
rival, opponent, adversary, competitor, challenger, foe, antagonist

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supporter

noun

1. One who supports and adheres to another:

adherent, cohort, disciple, follower, henchman, minion, partisan, satellite.

2. A person who supports or champions an activity, cause, or institution, for example:

backer, benefactor, contributor, friend, patron, sponsor.

Informal: angel.

Translations

مُؤَيَّدمُؤَيِّد، نَصير، مُسانِد

fanoušekpomocníkpřívrženec

tilhængerstøtte

Anhänger Fan

υποστηρικτής

partidario seguidor aficionado defensor

kannattaja

supporter supporteur partisan

podupiratelj

stuîningsmaîur

sostenitore aderente fautore patrocinatore

支持者

지지자

privrženeczagovornik

anhängare

ผู้สนับสนุน

taraftar

người ủng hộ

支持者

supporter

[səˈpɔːtəʳ] N

1. [of proposal, party etc] → partidario/a m/f (Sport) → hincha mf
I'm a United supporter → soy del United, soy hincha del United supporters → la afición
the supporters really got behind the team last night → la afición apoyó totalmente al equipo ayer
supporters' club → peña f deportiva
football supporters → hinchas mpl de fútbol

2. (Tech) → soporte m, sostén m (Heraldry) → tenante m, soporte m

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supporter

[səˈpɔː^rtə^r] n

[party, movement] → sympathisant(e) m/f; [politician, policy] → partisan(e) m/f
a supporter of the Labour Party → un(e) sympathisant(e) du parti travailliste

(SPORT) → supporteur/trice m/f
a Liverpool supporter → un(e) supporteur/trice de Liverpoolsupport group n → groupe m d'entraide

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

supporter

n → Anhänger(in) m(f); (of theory, cause, opinion also) → Befürworter(in) m(f); (Sport also) → Fan m; supporters’ club → Fanklub m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

supporter

[səˈpɔːtəʳ] n (of proposal, project) → sostenitore/trice (Pol) → sostenitore/trice, fautore/trice (Sport) → tifoso/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

support

(səˈpoːt) verb

1. to bear the weight of, or hold upright, in place etc. That chair won't support him / his weight; He limped home, supported by a friend on either side of him.

2. to give help, or approval to. He has always supported our cause; His family supported him in his decision.

3. to provide evidence for the truth of. New discoveries have been made that support his theory; The second witness supported the statement of the first one.

4. to supply with the means of living. He has a wife and four children to support.

noun

1. the act of supporting or state of being supported. That type of shoe doesn't give the foot much support; The plan was cancelled because of lack of support; Her job is the family's only means of support; I would like to say a word or two in support of his proposal.

2. something that supports. One of the supports of the bridge collapsed.

supˈporter noun

a person who helps or supports (a person, cause, team etc). a crowd of football supporters.

supˈporting adjective

(of an actor, rôle etc) secondary to the leading actor, rôle etc. He has had many supporting rôles; a supporting cast.

supporter

→ مُؤَيَّد fanoušek tilhænger Anhänger υποστηρικτής seguidor kannattaja supporter podupiratelj sostenitore 支持者 지지자 supporter supporter zwolennik adepto, apoiante сторонник anhängare ผู้สนับสนุน taraftar người ủng hộ 支持者

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The five, who elect each other, have very great and extensive powers; and these choose the hundred, who are magistrates of the highest rank: their power also continues longer than any other magistrates, for it commences before they come into office, and is prolonged after they are out of it; and in this particular the state inclines to an oligarchy: but as they are not elected by lot, but by suffrage, and are not permitted to take money, they are the greatest supporters imaginable of an aristocracy.

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