Sympathizer
['sɪmpəθaɪzɚ]
Definition
(noun.) someone who shares your feelings or opinions and hopes that you will be successful.
(noun.) commiserates with someone who has had misfortune.
Edited by Anselm--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who sympathizes.
Typed by Erica
Examples
- The true poet is not one whit to be pitied, and he is apt to laugh in his sleeve when any misguided sympathizer whines over his wrongs. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It became necessary therefore to press into the service teams belonging to sympathizers with the rebellion or to hire those of Union men. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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