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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SUPPORTER, n. One that supports or maintains.
1. That which supports or upholds; a prop, a pillar, etc.
The sockets and supporters of flowers are figured.
2. A sustainer; a comforter.
The saints have a companion and supporter in all their miseries.
3. A maintainer; a defender.
Worthy supporters of such a reigning impiety.
4. One who maintains or helps to carry on; as the supporters of a war.
5. An advocate; a defender; a vindicator; as the supporters of religion, morality, justice, etc.
6. An adherent; one who takes part; as the supporter of a party or faction.
7. In ship-building, a knee placed under the cat-head.
8. Supporters, in heraldry, are figures of beasts that appear to support the arms.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library" [syn: supporter, protagonist, champion, admirer, booster, friend]
2: someone who supports or champions something [syn: patron, sponsor, supporter]
3: 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" [syn: assistant, helper, help, supporter]
4: a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve) [syn: garter, supporter]
5: a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise [syn: athletic supporter, supporter, suspensor, jockstrap, jock]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 15th century one that supports or acts as a support: as a. adherent, partisan b. one of two figures (as of men or animals) placed one on each side of an escutcheon and exterior to it c. garter 1 d. athletic supporter

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a person or thing that supports, esp. a person supporting a team or sport. 2 Heraldry the representation of an animal etc., usu. one of a pair, holding up or standing beside an escutcheon.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Supporter Sup*port"er, n. 1. One who, or that which, supports; as, oxygen is a supporter of life. The sockets and supporters of flowers are figured. --Bacon. The saints have a . . . supporter in all their miseries. --South. 2. Especially, an adherent; one who sustains, advocates, and defends; as, the supporter of a party, faction, or candidate. 3. (Shipbuilding) A knee placed under the cathead. 4. (Her.) A figure, sometimes of a man, but commonly of some animal, placed on either side of an escutcheon, and exterior to it. Usually, both supporters of an escutcheon are similar figures. 5. (Med.) A broad band or truss for supporting the abdomen or some other part or organ.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(supporters) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Supporters are people who support someone or something, for example a political leader or a sports team. The fourth night of violence in the German city of Rostock was triggered by football supporters... Bradley was a major supporter of the 1986 tax reform plan. N-COUNT: usu pl, with supp

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Prop, stay, support, shore, brace. 2. Sustainer, comforter. 3. Maintainer, defender, aider, assistant, partisan, adherent, follower.

Moby Thesaurus

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