#supporter__protagonist__champion__admirer__friend  a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library"
  supertype:  advocator__advocate__proponent__exponent  a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
  instance:  Jacobite
  subtype:  anglophile__anglophil  an admirer of England and things English
  subtype:  truster__believer  a supporter who accepts something as true
     subtype:  abiogenist  a believer in abiogenesis
     subtype:  apostle  an ardent early supporter of a cause or reform; "an apostle of revolution"
     subtype:  colonialist  a believer in colonialism
     subtype:  Confucian  a believer in the teachings of Confucius
     subtype:  imperialist  a believer in imperialism
     subtype:  Malthusian  a believer in Malthusian theory
     subtype:  vitalist  one who believes in vitalism
  subtype:  Boswell  a devoted admirer and recorder of another's words and deeds
  subtype:  Confederate  a supporter of the Confederate States of America
     subtype:  Confederate_soldier  a soldier in the Army of the Confederacy during the American Civil War
        subtype:  bushwhacker  a Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War
        subtype:  Rebel__Reb__Johnny_Reb__Johnny__grayback  (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `grayback' derived from their gray Confederate uniforms
  subtype:  convert  one who has been converted to another religious or political belief
     subtype:  proselyte  a new convert; especially a gentile converted to Judaism
  subtype:  enthusiast__partisan__partizan  an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity
     subtype:  freak__addict__nut  someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction; "a golf addict"; "a car nut"; "a control freak"
     subtype:  backslapper  someone who demonstrates enthusiastic or excessive cordiality
     subtype:  balletomane  a ballet enthusiast
     subtype:  fanatic__fiend  a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause)
     subtype:  gadgeteer  a person who delights in designing or building or using gadgets
     subtype:  shutterbug  a photography enthusiast
     subtype:  sports_fan__fan  an enthusiastic devotee of sports
        subtype:  aficionado.sports_fan  a fan of bull fighting
        subtype:  railbird  a fan of racing who watches races from the outer rail of the track
  subtype:  Francophile__Francophil  an admirer of France and everything French
  subtype:  free_trader  an advocate of unrestricted international trade
  subtype:  functionalist  an adherent of functionalism
  subtype:  loyalist__stalwart  a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt)
  subtype:  New_Dealer  a supporter of the economic policies in the United States known as the New Deal
  subtype:  philhellene__philhellenist__Graecophile  an admirer of Greece and everything Greek
  subtype:  pillar.supporter__mainstay  a prominent supporter; "he is a pillar of the community"
  subtype:  Roundhead  a supporter of Parliament and Oliver Cromwell during the English Civil War
  subtype:  seconder  someone who endorses a motion or petition as a necessary preliminary to a discussion or vote
  subtype:  Shavian  an admirer of G. B. Shaw or his works
  subtype:  ratifier__subscriber__endorser  someone who expresses strong approval
  subtype:  well-wisher__sympathizer  expresses hope that something will be successful
     subtype:  fellow_traveler__fellow_traveller  a communist sympathizer (but not a member of the Communist Party)
  subtype:  wassailer__toaster  someone who proposes a toast; someone who drinks to the health of success of someone or some venture
  subtype:  upholder__maintainer__sustainer  someone who upholds or maintains; "firm upholders of tradition"; "they are sustainers of the idea of democracy"
  subtype:  verifier__voucher  someone who vouches for another or for the correctness of a statement
  subtype:  Whig.supporter__whig  a supporter of the American Revolution

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