English Dictionary

supporter

/səˈpɔː.tə/

noun

A person who supports, promotes, advocates or champions a cause, movement, or political party; an adherent.

She is a dedicated supporter of the team.

意味（1）

A person who supports, promotes, advocates or champions a cause, movement, or political party; an adherent.

During the latter part of the rebellion, he has pretended to be a warm supporter of the Government, and he may have been sincere; but, from what others have told me, he said to them he was not during the early part of the rebellion.

意味（2）

A person who provides moral or physical support to another; an attendant participating in a ceremony or procession.

The Inthronization. The King ascended the Theatre, accompanied by the two Bishops his Supporters, the Great Officers of State, the Lords carrying the Swords, and the Lords who had borne Their Majesties' Regalia, and was Inthroned by the Archbishops, Bishops, and the other Peers, who then stood about the steps of the Throne.

意味（3）

(sports) Someone who is a fan of a certain sports team or sportsperson.

More than 10,000 supporters attended the last match.

意味（4）

Something that supports a structure such as a building or a sculpture.

Plane surfaces predominate in this factory. The glass and iron walls are joined cleanly at the corners without the intervention of piers[…]. [Peter] Behrens bounded the glass walls of his famous Turbine Hall right and left with monumental cyclopean walls. These have disappeared with [Walter] Gropius. His walls show that they are no longer supporters of the building, but simple curtains, protection against inclement weather, as Gropius put it.

意味（5）

(heraldry) An animal or figure that supports a shield in a coat of arms.

[…] I am fully perſuaded that there cannot remain a doubt of the uſe of ſupporters having originated from the fancy of ſeal-engravers. Supporters were likewiſe anciently uſed by divers perſons in private life, as appears by their ſeals, who had offices of high dignity in the ſtate, and more eſpecially by thoſe whoſe employments had the title of Lord prefixed to the ſtile; as Lord Deputy of Ireland, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, Lord Preſident of the Council, Lord of the Marches of Wales, Lord Warden of the Stanneries, &c.

意味（6）

A garter worn around the leg to support a sock or stocking.

From the radiator, where he was attaching supporters to his socks, Zooey glanced up at her.

意味（7）

Clipping of athletic supporter.