The meaning of Supporter

noun

Someone who supports a particular party, person, or set of ideas.

Usage examples:

He was a strong adherent of monetarism

adjective

Sticking fast to an object or surface.

Usage examples:

The eggs have thick sticky shells to which debris is often adherent

noun

Someone who strongly supports an idea, plan, person, etc.

Usage examples:

She has been an adherent of home schooling for years.

noun

A person who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy.

Usage examples:

He was an untiring advocate of economic reform

verb

Publicly recommend or support.

Usage examples:

Voters supported candidates who advocated an assembly

verb

To speak in support of an idea or course of action

Usage examples:

[ t ] some people advocate teaching to the test., [ i ] the organization advocates for human rights…

noun

A state formally cooperating with another for a military or other purpose.

Usage examples:

Debate continued among nato allies

verb

Combine or unite a resource or commodity with (another) for mutual benefit.

Usage examples:

He allied his racing experience with his father's business acumen

noun

Variant spelling of alley2.

noun

A person who offers an argument in defence of something controversial.

Usage examples:

Critics said he was an apologist for colonialism

noun

A person who supports a particular belief or political system, especially an unpopular one, and speaks or writes in defence of it

Usage examples:

Communism and its apologists, there are few apologists for the old system.

noun

A person, institution, or country that supports someone or something, especially financially.

Usage examples:

He was the principal backer of the company

noun

A person who believes in the truth or existence of something.

Usage examples:

A firm believer that party politics has no place in local government

noun

A person who feels certain about the truth of a religion or religious ideas

Usage examples:

I’m a believer in the public’s right to know.

noun

A person who works in an organized and active way towards a goal.

Usage examples:

Human rights campaigners are furious at the decision

noun

A person who has surpassed all rivals in a sporting contest or other competition.

Usage examples:

A champion hurdler

verb

Vigorously support or defend the cause of.

Usage examples:

He championed the rights of the working class and the poor

adjective

Excellent.

Usage examples:

‘thank ye, lad,’ the farmer said. ‘that's champion.’

noun

(among men) a colleague or a fellow member of an organization.

Usage examples:

An old college comrade

noun

A fighter in the medieval crusades.

Usage examples:

Participation in the crusade was said to have great spiritual value for the individual crusader.

noun

Someone who makes a determined effort to achieve or stop something because of their strong beliefs

Usage examples:

He caught the public imagination as a crusader against corruption.

noun

A person who defends someone or something.

Usage examples:

A determined defender of british interests

noun

A person who supports someone or something, esp. when attacked or criticized

Usage examples:

She is a defender of women’s rights., murray dribbled past a defender and fired the ball right into…

noun

A personal follower of christ during his life, especially one of the twelve apostles.

Usage examples:

Jesus' apostles and disciples in the early church felt the importance of prayer ahead of missionary…

noun

A person who believes in the ideas of a leader, esp. a religious or political one, and tries to live according to those ideas

Usage examples:

Jesse jackson was a disciple of martin luther king, jr.

noun

A person filled with excessive and single-minded zeal, especially for an extreme religious or political cause.

Usage examples:

Religious fanatics

adjective

Filled with or expressing excessive zeal.

Usage examples:

His eyes had a fanatic iciness

noun

A person whose strong admiration for something is extreme and unreasonable

Usage examples:

A fitness/exercise fanatic, her devotion to her pets was fanatical.

noun

A person who supports and admires a particular person or set of ideas.

Usage examples:

Followers of nietzsche

noun

Someone who obeys or supports another person or that person’s ideas

Usage examples:

The newly elected governor appeared overcome with emotion as he thanked his followers., they are en…

noun

A company or product that only makes new changes, enters a market, etc. after other companies or products have done this first

Usage examples:

Law firms are not leaders in business, they are followers., our analysis supports the view of germa…

noun

A person who helps someone else.

Usage examples:

There was no shortage of willing helpers

noun

A person who helps with an activity

Usage examples:

The driver or a helper picks up the trash.

noun

Someone who helps another person to do their job

Usage examples:

Classroom/domestic helpers, voluntary/volunteer helpers

noun

A person, animal, or plant belonging to a particular group.

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Interest from members of the public

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A person or thing that is part of a group

Usage examples:

She’s a member of our team., the lion is a member of the cat family.

noun

A person, company, or country that belongs to a group or organization

Usage examples:

A member of sth she is a member of the bank of england's monetary policy committee., former/existin…

noun

A strong supporter of a party, cause, or person.

Usage examples:

Partisans of the exiled stuarts

adjective

Prejudiced in favour of a particular cause.

Usage examples:

Newspapers have become increasingly partisan

adjective

Involving loyal support of a person, principle, or political party

Usage examples:

Partisan politics, the political parties are more divided by partisanship than ever before.

noun

A person or company that finances or organizes a sporting event, concert, or theatrical production.

Usage examples:

A boxing promoter

noun

A person or company that organizes or finances a sports event or a performance, esp. of musical entertainment

noun

A person, organization, or government that tries to encourage something to happen or develop

Usage examples:

The country is now a leading promoter of regional trade., he was a promoter of education and the ar…

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A person who advocates a theory, proposal, or course of action.

Usage examples:

A strong proponent of the free market and liberal trade policies

noun

A person who supports an idea, plan, or cause

Usage examples:

Long a proponent of government health insurance, he pointed out that millions of americans have no …

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A person or organization that upholds (= defends) a law, a principle, or a decision that has been made

Usage examples:

She joined the police force and became an upholder of law and order., many of these men are regarde…

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A person, such as a monk or nun, who has made vows of dedication to religious service.

Usage examples:

The conflict between the votaries of hindutva votaries and the left-secular intellectuals has preoc…

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A person who has made a promise to serve a particular religion or god

Usage examples:

James nayler was one of the most zealous votaries of quakerism., "how could you, a votary of non-vi…

noun

A person who votes or has the right to vote at an election.

Usage examples:

This applies to both voters that have applied for a postal vote and those that have not.