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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
sup·port·er       [suh-pawr-ter, -pohr-] Pronunciation Key
–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, -er1]
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sup·port·er       (sə-pôr'tər, -pōr'-)  Pronunciation Key 
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

noun
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" 
2. someone who supports or champions something [syn: patron] 
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] 
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] 
5. a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise [syn: athletic supporter] 

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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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