different between pioneer vs supporter

English

Etymology

From Middle French pionnier (“originally, a foot soldier”), Old French peonier, from peon (“a foot soldier”) (modern French: pion). See pawn in chess.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pa???n???/
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Noun

pioneer (plural pioneers)

1. One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow.
2. A person or other entity who is first or among the earliest in any field of inquiry, enterprise, or progress.

   Some people will consider their national heroes to be pioneers of civilization.

   Certain politicians can be considered as pioneers of reform.

3. (obsolete, military) A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances; a sapper.
4. A member of any of several European organizations advocating abstinence from alcohol.
5. (communism) A child of 10–16 years in the former Soviet Union, in the second of the three stages in becoming a member of the Communist Party.

Derived terms

• pioneer axon
• Pioneer Day

Translations

See also

• Pioneer movement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

pioneer (third-person singular simple present pioneers, present participle pioneering, simple past and past participle pioneered)

1. (transitive) To be the first to do or achieve (something), preparing the way for others to follow.

   The young doctor pioneered a new life-saving surgical technique.

Synonyms

• push the envelope
• break new ground

Anagrams

• pereion, perineo-, peronei

English

Etymology

From Middle English supporter, supportour, equivalent to support +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /s??p??.t?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /s??p??.t?/, /-??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)t?(?)
• Hyphenation: sup?port?er

Noun

supporter (plural supporters)

1. A person who gives support to someone or something.
   1. A person who supports, promotes, advocates or champions a cause, movement, or political party; an adherent.
   2. A person who provides moral or physical support to another; an attendant participating in a ceremony or procession.
   3. (sports) Someone who is a fan of a certain sports team or sportsperson.
2. Something that supports another thing.
   1. Something that supports a structure such as a building or a sculpture.
   2. (heraldry) An animal or figure that supports a shield in a coat of arms.
   3. A garter worn around the leg to support a sock or stocking.
      • 1957, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, “Zooey”, in Franny and Zooey, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, published 1961, ISBN 978-0-316-76954-9; LB Books edition, New York, N.Y.: LB Books, 1991, ISBN 978-0-606-28833-0, page 117:

        From the radiator, where he was attaching supporters to his socks, Zooey glanced up at her.

   4. Clipping of athletic supporter.

Synonyms

• adherent
• proponent

Antonyms

• detractor
• opponent

Translations

Anagrams

• superport

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English supporter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??p?rt?r/, /sy?p?rt?r/
• Hyphenation: sup?por?ter

Noun

supporter m (plural supporters, diminutive supportertje n)

1. (sports) A supporter, a sports fan supporting a certain team or person.

French

Etymology 1

From Latin support?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.p??.te/

Verb

supporter

1. to support
2. to bear
   • François Pérusse

     Je ne supporte pas le mot injustice.

     I can't bear the word injustice.

Conjugation

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English supporter.

Alternative forms

• supporteur

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.p??.t??/

Noun

supporter m (plural supporters)

1. (sports) supporter, fan

Further reading

• “supporter” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English supporter.

Noun

supporter m or f (invariable)

1. supporter, fan
2. support act

Latin

Verb

supporter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of support?