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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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"Supporter" Quotes from Famous Books

... to Alexander; another obsequiously draws off her sandal, suggesting bed-time; a third has hold of Alexander's mantle, and is dragging him with all his might towards Roxana. The King is offering her a garland, and by him as supporter and groom's-man is Hephaestion, holding a lighted torch and leaning on a very lovely boy; this is Hymenaeus, I conjecture, for there are no letters to show. On the other side of the picture, more Loves playing among Alexander's armour; two ...

— Works, V2 • Lucian of Samosata

... only s. of William B., Lord Mayor of London, the associate and supporter of John Wilkes, inherited at the age of 9 an enormous fortune. In these circumstances he grew up wayward and extravagant, showing, however, a strong bent towards literature. His education was entrusted to a private tutor, with whom he travelled extensively on the Continent. At ...

— A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature • John W. Cousin

... yes; but not against a pure Whig—a thorough-going supporter, who would bargain for nothing for his country, only ...

— Lord Kilgobbin • Charles Lever

... bounds. Nothing was too much to do for their own hero. But when it became known that Ingworth had been welcomed with open arms by Robert Grosseteste, the foremost scholar in Oxford—he a Suffolk man—and that Grosseteste's friend, Roger de Weseham, was their warm supporter, son of a Norfolk yeoman, whose brethren were to be seen any day in Lynn market—the ovation that the Franciscans met with was unparalleled. There was a general rush by some of the best men of the ...

— The Coming of the Friars • Augustus Jessopp

... living person. The fact of its being burnt he had for obvious reasons concealed, but being now asked on the subject he was compelled to state the circumstance. It is remarkable that, on the very morrow of that disclosure, the Claimant for the first time made a statement to his supporter, Mr. Bulpett, as to the packet. It may be supposed that Mr. Bulpett and the Claimant's friends generally were inclined to draw unfavourable inferences from his apparent ignorance of the contents of the packet. He now, however, declared that ...

— Celebrated Claimants from Perkin Warbeck to Arthur Orton • Anonymous

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