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One who, or that which, supports; as, oxygen is a supporter of life. The sockets and supporters of flowers are figured. Bacon. The saints have a . . . supporter in all their miseries. South.

A support or supporter; a stay; a prop. [Obs.] If a be to climb trees that are of any great height, there would be stays and appuies set to it. Holland. Point d'appui. Etym: [F., a point of support.] (Mil.) (a) A given point or body, upon which troops are formed, or by which are marched in line or column. (b) An advant…

of a person or family, with its several charges and other furniture, as mantling, crest, supporters, motto, etc. -- Submarine, a water-tight dress or covering for a diver. See under Submarine.

ne who asserts or avers; one who maintains or vindicates a claim or a right; an affirmer, supporter, or vindicator; a defender; an asserter. The assertors of liberty said not a word. Macaulay. Faithful assertor of thy country's cause. Prior.

A supporter.

An advocate for , or supporter of, bureaucracy.

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

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.),…

A supporter of the commune of Paris.

A supporter of despotism. [R.]

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

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

; to 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.

Specifically, a supporter of the claims of the elder branch of the Bourbon dynasty to the crown of France.

ed to rest upon the title of Lancaster as the main, and to use the other two . . . but as supporters. Bacon.

benches, the benches in the House of Commons occupied by members of the cabinet and their supporters; -- also, the persons occupying them. "Very solid and very brilliant talents distinguish the ministerial benches." Burke.

A supporter of the ministers, or the party in power.

inspection, exercise, or the like; to come together as parts of a force or body; as, his supporters mustered in force. "The mustering squadron." Byron.

A supporter of the dynasty of the Napoleons.