supporter : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: supporter	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for supporter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
supporter n a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library" Synonym(s): supporter, protagonist, champion, admirer, booster, friend someone who supports or champions something Synonym(s): patron, sponsor, supporter 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" Synonym(s): assistant, helper, help, supporter a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve) Synonym(s): garter, supporter a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise Synonym(s): athletic supporter, supporter, suspensor, jockstrap, jock
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Supporter \Support"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.