[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

supporter \support"er\, n.
   1. one who, or that which, supports; as, oxygen is a
      supporter of life.
      1913 webster

            the sockets and supporters of flowers are figured.
                                                  --bacon.
      1913 webster

            the saints have a . . . supporter in all their
            miseries.                             --south.
      1913 webster

   2. especially, an adherent; one who sustains, advocates, and
      defends; as, the supporter of a party, faction, or
      candidate.
      1913 webster

   3. shipbuilding a knee placed under the cathead.
      1913 webster

   4. 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.
      1913 webster

   5. med. a broad band or truss for supporting the abdomen or
      some other part or organ.
      1913 webster
      1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

supporter
     n 1: a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their
          supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of
          the library" syn: protagonist, champion, admirer,
           booster, friend
     2: someone who supports or champions something syn: patron,
        sponsor
     3: a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or
        furtherance of an effort or purpose; "my invaluable
        assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the
        work" syn: assistant, helper, help
     4: a band usually elastic worn around the leg to hold up a
        stocking or around the arm to hold up a sleeve syn: garter
     5: a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous
        exercise syn: athletic supporter, suspensor, jockstrap,
         jock
see also:
protagonist champion admirer booster friend patron 
sponsor assistant helper help garter 
athletic supporter suspensor jockstrap jock 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

186 moby thesaurus words for "supporter":
   maecenas, santa claus, abettor, acquaintance, adherent, admirer,
   advocate, aficionado, aid, almoner, almsgiver, alpenstock,
   alter ego, angel, apologist, appendage, arm, assignor, assistant,
   athletic supporter, attendant, awarder, back, backbone, backer,
   backing, bandeau, bearer, best friend, bestower, bosom friend, bra,
   brace, bracer, braces, bracket, brassiere, brother, buff, buttress,
   cane, carrier, casual acquaintance, cavaliere servente, cervix,
   champion, cheerful giver, close acquaintance, close friend, cohort,
   conferrer, confidant, confidante, consignor, contributor, corset,
   courtier, crook, crutch, dangler, defender, dependence, dependent,
   devotee, disciple, donator, donor, encourager, endorser,
   enthusiast, exponent, expounder, fairy godmother, familiar, fan,
   favorer, fellow, fellow creature, fellowman, feoffor, financer,
   flunky, follower, following, foundation garment, friend,
   friend at court, fulcrum, funder, galluses, girdle, giver, grantor,
   grubstaker, guard, guy, guywire, hanger, hanger-on, helper,
   henchman, homme de cour, imparter, inseparable friend, intimate,
   jock, jockstrap, lady bountiful, lover, mainstay, maintainer, mast,
   meal ticket, neck, neighbor, other self, pair of suspenders,
   paladin, paranymph, parasite, partisan, patron, patroness,
   philanthropist, pickup, presenter, promoter, prop, proponent,
   protagonist, protector, public, pursuer, pursuivant, reinforce,
   reinforcement, reinforcer, reliance, repository, rest,
   resting place, rigging, satellite, second, seconder, sectary,
   settler, shadow, shoulder, shroud, sider, spine, sponsor, sprit,
   staff, staker, stalwart, standby, standing rigging, stave, stay,
   stick, stiffener, stooge, strengthener, subscriber, successor,
   sugar daddy, support, suspender, suspenders, sustainer,
   sympathizer, tagtail, tail, testate, testator, testatrix,
   trainbearer, upholder, vindicator, votary, vouchsafer,
   walking stick, ward heeler, well-wisher

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