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An advocate for , or supporter of, bureaucracy.

dge, or take refuge, in any deep or concealed place; to hide. Sir, this vermin of court reporters, when they are forced into day upon one point, are sure to burrow in another. Burke. Burrowing owl (Zoöl.), a small owl of the western part of North America (Speotyto cunicularia), which lives in holes, often in company wi…

A buttress of an arch; the supporter, or that part which joins it to the upright pier.

A Scotch errand boy, porter, or messenger. [Written also cady.] Every Scotchman, from the peer to the cadie. Macaulay.

One who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster. The roads are crowded with carriers, laden with rich manufactures. Swift.

A supporter or partisan of chartism. [Eng.]

The combination of a combustible with a supporter of combustion, producing heat, and sometimes both light and heat. Combustion results is 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. Supporter of combustion (Chem.),…

commissionaire familiar to European travelers performs miscellaneous services as a light porter, messenger, solicitor for hotels, etc.

A supporter of the commune of Paris.

An East Indian porter or carrier; a laborer transported from the East Indies, China, or Japan, for service in some other country.

A friar who acted as porter at the gate of a monastery. Sir W. Scott.

A customhouse certificate entitling an exporter of imported goods to a drawback of duties paid on their importation. Burrill.

A supporter of despotism. [R.]

One who guards the entrance of a house or apartment; a porter; a janitor.

t the customary seat of the latter is changed, when the claims of emphasis require it. E. Porter.

A supporter of extreme doctrines or practice; one who holds extreme opinions.

esemble in features; to have the aspect or looks of; as, the child favors his father. The porter owned that the gentleman favored his master. Spectator.

An adherent to, and supporter of, Gallicanism. Shipley.

o make defense against any assailing danger; to take the place of a fallen defender or supporter. -- To stop a gap, to secure a weak point; to repair a defect.

A man recently married, or about to be married; a bridegroom. Dryden. Groom porter, formerly an officer in the English royal household, who attended to the furnishing of the king's lodgings and had certain privileges.