different between supporter vs proselyte

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?

English

Etymology

From Old French proselite, from Late Latin proselutus (proselytus, “proselyte, alien resident”), from Ancient Greek ?????????? (pros?lutos, “newcomer, convert”) (from ???? (prós, “to, towards”) and the stem -???- of ??????? (el?lutha), perfect of ??????? (érkhomai, “come”)), translation of Hebrew ??? (ger) in the Septuagint translation of the Torah (e.g., Exodus 12:49); also used in Matthew 23:15, Acts 2:10, Acts 6:5.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p??s.?l?a?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p??s.?l?a?t/

Noun

proselyte (plural proselytes)

1. One who has converted to a religion or doctrine, especially a gentile converted to Judaism.
   • King James Bible, Matthew 23:15:

     Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

Translations

Verb

proselyte (third-person singular simple present proselytes, present participle proselyting, simple past and past participle proselyted)

1. (transitive) To proselytize.

Derived terms

• proselyter
• proselytic
• proselytism
• proselytize

Translations

Anagrams

• polyester, polytrees

Latin

Adjective

pros?lyte

1. vocative masculine singular of pros?lytus