Definitions for supporter

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supporter sup·port·er

Spelling: [suh-pawr-ter, -pohr-]

IPA: /səˈpɔr tər, -ˈpoʊr-/

Supporter is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 392 anagrams from letters in supporter (eopprrstu).

Definitions for supporter

noun

1. a person or thing that supports.
2. an adherent, follower, backer, or advocate.
3. a device, usually of elastic cotton webbing, for supporting some part of the body, especially a jockstrap.
4. a garter, especially one attached to a garter belt or girdle.
5. Heraldry. either of two human or animal figures flanking and supporting an escutcheon in an achievement of arms.

Origin of supporter

late Middle English word dating back to 1400-50; See origin at support, -er¹

Examples for supporter

Woe to him who is not the keeper of his own conscience—the supporter of his own resolution!

Roberts and the Republicans are trying to portray the independent as a Barack Obama supporter who is just a Democrat in disguise.

Templeton became the sole friend, comforter, and supporter of the daughter.

Captain Mayo gave his supporter a glance of mingled astonishment and relish.

When Michele Bachmann claimed in 2011 that a supporter had been bribed to defect to Ron Paul, observers rolled their eyes.

While hydrogen is readily combustible, it is not a supporter of combustion.

Voters went against him even despite Democratic attempts to portray Hoover as a supporter of racial equality.

The key for Santorum is being able to rebuild the supporter infrastructure that he spent so much time laboring to create in 2012.

He had known before that his father was a supporter of the United Irishmen.

“There might be a ‘new fresh thing’ going on here,” said Thom Hartmann, a liberal radio host and Sanders supporter.