3 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

admirer

noun

1: a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library" [syn: {supporter}, {protagonist}, {champion}, {booster}, {friend}]

2: a person who admires; someone who esteems or respects or approves

3: someone who admires a young woman; "she had many admirers" [syn: {adorer}]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Admirer \Ad*mir"er\, noun One who admires; one who esteems or loves greatly. --Cowper.

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

64 Moby Thesaurus words for "admirer": Maecenas, abettor, adherent, adorer, advocate, aficionado, amateur, amorist, angel, apologist, backer, beau, booster, buff, champion, collector, darling, defender, dependence, devotee, dilettante, encourager, endorser, enthusiast, exponent, fan, fancier, favorer, follower, friend at court, groupie, idolater, idolizer, infatuate, lover, mainstay, maintainer, paramour, paranymph, partisan, patron, promoter, protagonist, pursuer, reliance, rooter, second, seconder, sectary, sider, sponsor, stalwart, standby, suitor, support, supporter, sustainer, sweetheart, sympathizer, upholder, votary, well-wisher, wooer, worshiper

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