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noun

Supporter n.

One who, or that which, supports; as, oxygen is a supporter of life. "The sockets and supporters of flowers are figured." "The saints have a... supporter in all their miseries."

Especially, an adherent; one who sustains, advocates, and defends; as, the supporter of a party, faction, or candidate.

(Shipbuilding) A knee placed under the cathead.

(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.

(Med.) A broad band or truss for supporting the abdomen or some other part or organ.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Supporter" Quotes from Famous Books

... it was her duty to her Country to assert her just rights, and, on being informed of the appointment with the Marshal, he was in favour of keeping it. "He will be useful," he said, "if he is an honest supporter ...

— In Brief Authority • F. Anstey

... formation of meteoric stones, receives, too, a passing notice from our author, who is clearly no supporter of it. It was a long time before the ancients received credit for their stories of showers of stones; and all were ready to joke with Butler, at the story of the Thracian rock, which fell in ...

— A Voyage to the Moon • George Tucker

... supporter, "that don't want too much sense. That's 'is sanctuary, the stage. No questions asked, no character wanted. Lord! why didn't I think of ...

— Paul Kelver • Jerome Klapka, AKA Jerome K. Jerome

... their own monuments;" and laudable actions always support themselves: And a thing (as an author[23] observes on the like subject) "if right, it will defend itself; if wrong, none can defend it: Truth needs not, falsehood deserves not a supporter." ...

— Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) • John Howie

... "gone" on their Emily is, of itself, naturally sufficient to stamp him as an imbecile in the eyes of Emily's brothers and sisters. The father finds him slow, and thinks the girl might have done better; while the best that his future mother-in-law (his sole supporter) can say for him is, ...

— Dreams - From a volume entitled "Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow" • Jerome K. Jerome

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