Supporters
[sə'portɚ]
Examples
- The Governor and Lieutenant-Governor of Missouri, in 1861, Jackson and Reynolds, were both supporters of the rebellion and took refuge with the enemy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Kadija, his first wife, was dead, and several of his chief supporters had also recently died. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Each Pope cursed the other, and put all his supporters under an interdict. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Near the fire was Ryland and his supporters. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Finally (44 B.C.) he was assassinated by a group of his own friends and supporters, to whom these divine aspirations had become intolerable. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It is, I am afraid, not very encouraging to his supporters, though there are one or two points in it which are suggestive. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The young men whom we before called guardians may be more properly designated auxiliaries and supporters of the principles of the rulers. Plato. The Republic.
- Robespierre went off in bitter resentment to the club of his supporters, and _reread his speech to them_! H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A clew to the matter may be found in the fact that the supporters of the interest side of the controversy habitually use the term self-interest. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He was accused and arrested there and then with his chief supporters. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Yorke could not help asking him how he liked his supporters, and whether he did not think they did honour to his cause. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He had as his chief supporters and creditors the great German business house of the Fuggers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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