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Booster   /bˈustər/   Listen
Booster

noun
1.
A person who backs a politician or a team etc..  Synonyms: admirer, champion, friend, protagonist, supporter.  "They are friends of the library"
2.
Someone who is an active supporter and advocate.  Synonyms: plugger, promoter.
3.
A thief who steals goods that are in a store.  Synonyms: lifter, shoplifter.
4.
An amplifier for restoring the strength of a transmitted signal.  Synonyms: booster amplifier, booster station, relay link, relay station, relay transmitter.
5.
The first stage of a multistage rocket.  Synonyms: booster rocket, booster unit, takeoff booster, takeoff rocket.
6.
An additional dose that makes sure the first dose was effective.  Synonyms: booster dose, booster shot, recall dose.



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"Booster" Quotes from Famous Books



... to know that I am an honest auctioneer! I never had a booster in my life, and I've sold for nigh onto fifty years. That nice-looking young man you call a 'capper' is a friend of some friends of mine from New York, out here to buy antiques. To prove it to you-all, that young lady there, next the young man, is the one who gave the 'Metropolitan' ...
— Polly's Business Venture • Lillian Elizabeth Roy

... bleeding, venesection [Med.], phlebotomy, cupping, sanguisae, leeches; operation, surgical operation; transfusion, infusion, intravenous infusion, catheter, feeding tube; prevention, preventative medicine, immunization, inoculation, vaccination, vaccine, shot, booster, gamma globulin. pharmacy, pharmacology, pharmaceutics; pharmacopoeia, formulary; acology^, Materia Medica [Lat.], therapeutics, posology^; homeopathy, allopathy^, heteropathy [Med.], osteopathy, hydropathy [Med.]; cold water cure; dietetics; surgery, chirurgery [Med.], ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget



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