SUPPORTER
\səpˈɔːtə], \səpˈɔːtə], \s_ə_p_ˈɔː_t_ə]\
Definitions of SUPPORTER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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One who, or that which, supports; as, oxygen is a supporter of life.
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Especially, an adherent; one who sustains, advocates, and defends; as, the supporter of a party, faction, or candidate.
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A knee placed under the cathead.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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One who supports or maintains; as, one who gives aid or helps to carry on; a defender; an advocate; a vindicator; as, the supporters of the war, the supporters of religion, morality, justice, etc.: "Worthy supporters of such a reigning impiety."-South: an adherent; one who takes part: as, the supporter of a party or faction: one who accompanies another on some public occasion as an aid or attendant; one who seconds or strengthens by aid or countenance: a sustainer; a comforter; "The saints have a companion and supporter in all their miseries."-South: that which supports or upholds; that upon which anything is placed; a support, a prop, a pillar, etc.; "A building set upon supporters."-Mortimer: in shipbuilding, a knee placed under the cathead: in surg. a broad, elastic, or cushioned band or truss for the support of any part or organ, as the abdomen.
By Daniel Lyons
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One who or that which supports or maintains; a sustainer; a maintainer; a defender; a vindicator; an adherent; a knee placed under the cat-head.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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One who gives aid or help; a defender; an adherent; that which supports; in her., a figure, originally of some animal, placed on the side of the scroll as if to support it.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. One who or that which supports or upholds; a prop; a pillar, &c. ;-a sustainer; a comforter ;-a defender ;- an advocate;- an adherent of a party ; one who walks or sits by another, as an attendant or assistant;-one who speaks in favour of a motion; a seconder ;-pl. In architecture, images which serve to bear up any part of a building in the place of columns ;-in heraldry, figures of birds, beasts, fishes, and sometimes of human beings, placed on each side of the escutcheon, and appearing to support it.
