<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a person or thing that supports.</li><li>an adherent, follower, backer, or advocate.</li><li>a device, usually of elastic cotton webbing, for supporting some part of the body, especially a jockstrap.</li><li>a garter, especially one attached to a garter belt or girdle.</li><li>Heraldry: either of two human or animal figures flanking and supporting an escutcheon in an achievement of arms.</li></ul>