different between supporter vs apologist
supporter
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)
- A person who gives support to someone or something.
- A person who supports, promotes, advocates or champions a cause, movement, or political party; an adherent.
- A person who provides moral or physical support to another; an attendant participating in a ceremony or procession.
- (sports) Someone who is a fan of a certain sports team or sportsperson.
- A person who supports, promotes, advocates or champions a cause, movement, or political party; an adherent.
- Something that supports another thing.
- Something that supports a structure such as a building or a sculpture.
- (heraldry) An animal or figure that supports a shield in a coat of arms.
- 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.
- 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:
- Clipping of athletic supporter.
- Something that supports a structure such as a building or a sculpture.
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)
- (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
- to support
- to bear
- François Pérusse
- Je ne supporte pas le mot injustice.
- I can't bear the word injustice.
- Je ne supporte pas le mot injustice.
- François Pérusse
Conjugation
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English supporter.
Alternative forms
- supporteur
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sy.p??.t??/
Noun
supporter m (plural supporters)
- (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)
- supporter, fan
- support act
Latin
Verb
supporter
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of support?
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apologist
English
Etymology
apology +? -ist. From French apologiste.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??p?l.?.d??st/
Noun
apologist (plural apologists)
- One who makes an apology.
- One who speaks or writes in defense of a faith, a cause, or an institution.
- 15 October 2019, Aleksandar Hemon, "‘The Bob Dylan of Genocide Apologists’" in The New York Times
- A genocide denier is an apologist for the next genocide.
- 15 October 2019, Aleksandar Hemon, "‘The Bob Dylan of Genocide Apologists’" in The New York Times
Synonyms
- (one who makes an apology): apologizer, apologiser
Related terms
- apologetic
- apologetics
- apologeticism
- apologia
- apologize, apologise
- apologizer, apologiser
- apology
Translations
References
- apologist in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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