#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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