different between stanchion vs supporter

English

Etymology

From Old French estanson, estanchon, (Modern French étançon), from estance (“a stay, a prop”), from Latin stans (“standing”), present participle of st?.

Pronunciation

• enPR: st?n?sh?n, IPA^(key): /?stæn??n/ or
• (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?) enPR: stän?sh?n, IPA^(key): /?st??n??n/

Noun

stanchion (plural stanchions)

1. A vertical pole, post, or support.
   • 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1943, Chapter IX, p. 149, [1]

     The train began to move. Lace walked with it, holding a stanchion.

   • 2013, J. M. Coetzee, The Childhood of Jesus. Melbourne, Australia: The Text Publishing Company. chapter 27. p. 268.

     He staggers against a stanchion, trips over a rope, and tumbles into the space between the quay and the steel plates of the freighter.

2. A framework of such posts, used to secure or confine cattle.

Derived terms

• barrack stanchion

Translations

Verb

stanchion (third-person singular simple present stanchions, present participle stanchioning, simple past and past participle stanchioned)

1. To erect stanchions, or equip something with stanchions.
2. To confine by means of stanchions, typically used for cattle.

References

• stanchion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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?