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sup⋅port⋅er

  [suh-pawr-ter, -pohr-]
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–noun
1. a person or thing that supports.
2. an adherent, follower, backer, or advocate.
3. a device, usually of elastic cotton webbing, for supporting some part of the body, esp. a jockstrap.
4. a garter, esp. one attached to a garter belt or girdle.
5. Heraldry. either of two human or animal figures flanking and supporting an escutcheon in an achievement of arms.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME; see support, -er 1
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sup·port·er   (sə-pôr'tər, -pōr'-)   
n.  
  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

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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : supporter
Spanish: defensor, partidario; (deporte) seguidor,
German: der, *die Anhänger(in),
Japanese: 支持者
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Main Entry: sup·port·er
Function: noun
: a woven or knitted band or elastic device supporting a part; especially : ATHLETIC SUPPORTER
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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