<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a person who leads spectators in cheering, usually a member of a team that performs dance, acrobatic, and tumbling routines at sporting events or in competitions with other teams.</li><li>a person who encourages and openly supports the success of a person or cause: Her dad has always been her biggest cheerleader.</li><li>He emerged as a cheerleader for the rights of the incarcerated.</li></ul>