Meaning

7 senses
  1. A person who gives support to someone or something.

    A person who supports, promotes, advocates or champions a cause, movement, or political party; an adherent.

    Unterstützer, Unterstützerin, Anhänger

    сторо́нникstorónnik, сторо́нницаstorónnica, побо́рникpobórnik

    someone who supports or champions something

  2. A person who provides moral or physical support to another; an attendant participating in a ceremony or procession.

  3. Someone who is a fan of a certain sports team or sportsperson.

    More than 10,000 supporters attended the last match.

    a person who backs a politician or a team etc.

  4. Something that supports another thing.

  5. Something that supports another thing.

    Something that supports a structure such as a building or a sculpture.

  6. An animal or figure that supports a shield in a coat of arms.

    Schildhalter

    щитоно́сščitonós

  7. A garter worn around the leg to support a sock or stocking.

    a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve)

Examples

90 sentences
  1. Your father's friends aren't his only supporters.

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  2. He has a wealthy supporter behind him.

    deEr hat einen wohlhabenden Unterstützer hinter sich.

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  3. Tom has his supporters.

    ruУ Тома есть сторонники.

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  4. Tom is an avid arts supporter.

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  5. The latter view has many supporters in Japan.

    Остання точка зору має багато прихильників в Японії.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
person who supports, an adherent:
animal or figure that supports a shield in a coat of arms:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
person who supports, an adherent:
animal or figure that supports a shield in a coat of arms:

Origin

From Middle English supporter, supportour, equivalent to support + -er.

From Middle English supporter, supportour, equivalent to support + -er.

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Forms

plural: supporters
Singularsupporter
Pluralsupporters

regular

Synonyms

17 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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