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An advocate or supporter of oligarchy.

One who keeps the door, especially the door of a church; a porter. N. Bacon.

Hence: An ally; a supporter or abettor. Jer. Taylor.

"Pathetic action." Macaulay. No theory of the passions can teach a man to be pathetic. E. Porter. Pathetic muscle (Anat.), the superior oblique muscle of the eye. -- Pathetic nerve (Anat.), the fourth cranial, or trochlear, nerve, which supplies the superior oblique, or pathetic, muscle of the eye. -- The pathetic, a…

orthand writing invented by Isaac Pitman, or a modification of his system, much used by reporters.

iguratively, that which resembles such a pillar in appearance, character, or office; a supporter or mainstay; as, the Pillars of Hercules; a pillar of the state. "You are a well-deserving pillar." Shak. By day a cloud, by night a pillar of fire. Milton.

ill soon be with plying hard and daily). Milton. He was forced to ply in the streets as a porter. Addison. The heavy hammers and mallets plied. Longfellow.

The price of carriage; porterage. Bp. Fell.

A female porter. Milton.

less; -- often in humorous disparagement, without implication of dishonesty. Our rascally porter is fallen fast asleep. Swift.

Of or pertaining to a reporter or reporters; as, the reportorial staff of a newspaper.

A member or a supporter of the Rump Parliament. I. Disraeli.

f horse: To move rapidly in a gait in which each leg acts in turn as a propeller and a supporter, and in which for an instant all the limbs are gathered in the air under the body. Stillman (The Horse in Motion).

A production of stenography; anything written in shorthand. I saw the reporters' room, in which they redact their hasty stenographs. Emerson.

A strong malt liquor; strong porter. Swift.

A female supporter. [R.] You are my gracious patroness and supportress. Massinger.

and requires a temperature of 14-30º C. (58-86º F.). It is used in the production of ale, porter, etc., and of wines high in alcohol, and in distilling.

y which was formerly called the Whig, and is now called the Liberal, party; an earnest supporter of exsisting royal and ecclesiastical authority.

A member of a trades union, or a supporter of trades unions.

A fabulous animal with one horn; the monoceros; -- often represented in heraldry as a supporter.