supporter: Meaning and Definition of

sup•port•er

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, esp. a jockstrap.
4. a garter, esp. one attached to a garter belt or girdle.
5. either of two human or animal figures flanking and supporting an escutcheon in an achievement of arms.