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supporter
(encz) | supporter,fanoušek n: Zdeněk Brož |
supporter
(encz) | supporter,podporovatel n: Zdeněk Brož |
supporter
(encz) | supporter,přívrženec n: Zdeněk Brož |
Supporter
(gcide) | Supporter \Sup*port"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, supports; as, oxygen is a
supporter of life.
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The sockets and supporters of flowers are figured.
--Bacon.
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The saints have a . . . supporter in all their
miseries. --South.
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2. Especially, an adherent; one who sustains, advocates, and
defends; as, the supporter of a party, faction, or
candidate.
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3. (Shipbuilding) A knee placed under the cathead.
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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.
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5. (Med.) A broad band or truss for supporting the abdomen or
some other part or organ.
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supporter
(wn) | 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: supporter, protagonist, champion,
admirer, booster, friend]
2: someone who supports or champions something [syn: patron,
sponsor, supporter]
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, supporter]
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, supporter]
5: a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous
exercise [syn: athletic supporter, supporter,
suspensor, jockstrap, jock] |
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supporter
(encz) | supporter,fanoušek n: Zdeněk Brožsupporter,podporovatel n: Zdeněk Brožsupporter,přívrženec n: Zdeněk Brož |
supporters
(encz) | supporters,fanoušci n: pl. Zdeněk Brožsupporters,podporovatelé n: Zdeněk Brožsupporters,přívrženci n: pl. Zdeněk Brožsupporters,příznivci n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
athletic supporter
(gcide) | jockstrap \jock"strap`\ (j[o^]k"str[a^]p), n.
1. A supporting undergarment for the external genitals worn
by men engaging in vigorous athletic sports or strenuous
exercise; called also athletic supporter and jock.
Syn: jock; athletic supporter.
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Supporter of combustion
(gcide) | Combustion \Com*bus"tion\ (?; 106), n. [L. combustio: cf. F.
combustion.]
1. The state of burning.
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2. (Chem.) The combination of a combustible with a supporter
of combustion, producing heat, and sometimes both light
and heat.
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Combustion results in common cases from the mutual
chemical action and reaction of the combustible and
the oxygen of the atmosphere, whereby a new compound
is formed. --Ure.
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Supporter of combustion (Chem.), a gas, as oxygen, the
combination of which with a combustible, as coal,
constitutes combustion.
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3. Violent agitation; confusion; tumult. [Obs.]
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There [were] great combustions and divisions among
the heads of the university. --Mede.
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But say from whence this new combustion springs.
--Dryden.
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athletic supporter
(wn) | athletic supporter
n 1: a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in
strenuous exercise [syn: athletic supporter, supporter,
suspensor, jockstrap, jock] |
supporter
(wn) | 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: supporter, protagonist, champion,
admirer, booster, friend]
2: someone who supports or champions something [syn: patron,
sponsor, supporter]
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, supporter]
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, supporter]
5: a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous
exercise [syn: athletic supporter, supporter,
suspensor, jockstrap, jock] |
supporters of islam
(wn) | Supporters of Islam
n 1: a radical Islamic group of terrorists in the Iraqi part of
Kurdistan who oppose an independent secular nation as
advocated by the United States; some members fought with
the Taliban and al-Qaeda forces in Afghanistan; said to
receive financial support from Saddam Hussein [syn: {Ansar
al Islam}, Ansar al-Islam, Supporters of Islam] |
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