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supporter::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | assistant, help, helper |
| Type of | worker |
| Has types | pawn, actor's assistant, aide, attendant, attender, auxiliary, bat boy, birthing coach, cat's-paw, chief assistant, coadjutor, confederate, dental assistant, deputy, doula, dresser, enforcer, event planner, facilitator, fashion model, flower girl, foot soldier, girl friday, hatchet man, instrument, labor coach, lieutenant, man friday, manakin, manikin, mannequin, mannikin, model, monitrice, paraprofessional, accomplice, poser, powder monkey, prompter, right-hand man, secretarial assistant, secretary, sidesman, subordinate, subsidiary, tender, theater prompter, underboss, underling, water boy, waterer, whipper-in |
| Derivation | support |
supporter::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | athletic supporter, jock, jockstrap, suspensor |
| Type of | man's clothing, protective garment |
supporter::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | admirer, booster, champion, friend, protagonist |
| Type of | advocator, advocate, proponent, exponent |
| Has types | loyalist, mainstay, maintainer, truster, believer, well-wisher, endorser, anglophile, enthusiast, boswell, new dealer, cheerleader, partisan, partizan, toaster, sympathizer, philhellene, philhellenist, pillar, sympathiser, francophil, francophile, whig, indorser, corporatist, jacobite, anglophil, upholder, sustainer, ratifier, free trader, roundhead, seconder, functionalist, confederate, shavian, wassailer, stalwart, voucher, subscriber, graecophile, verifier |
| Derivation | support |
all their supporters came out for the game.
Examples of supporters
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His supporters tout Mr. Cain's business credentials and his skills as a speaker.
From the online.wsj.com
Gaddafi supporters here blame foreign media for exacerbating the current unrest.
From the time.com
Supporters from First Australians, an aboriginal group, were the first to march.
From the sfgate.com
According to the report, what do supporters and critics say about the DREAM Act?
From the cnn.com
The supporters genuinely wanted the ball to end up in the back of their own net.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Even a year later, tensions between supporters of both candidates remained high.
From the time.com
About 2,000 supporters attended the funeral of one of the men, Maulana Iftikhar.
From the heraldtribune.com
Investigations are also under way into the behaviour of some Olympic supporters.
From the canberratimes.com.au
Partisan supporters of other contestants claimed home-island bias by the judges.
From the sfgate.com
- A person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library"
- Patron: someone who supports or champions something
- Assistant: 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"
- Garter: a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve)
- Athletic supporter: a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise
- In heraldry, supporters are figures usually placed on either side of the shield and depicted holding it up. These figures may be real or imaginary animals, human figures, and in rare cases plants or inanimate objects. ...
- (Supporters) figures that flank the shield on either side as if to support it, allowed only to English peers and first used by Henry VI
- (Supporters) Characters who stood beside a coat of arms and held it.
- (Supporters) Imperial Eagle and the Pillars of Hercules
