sympathizer
[sim-puh-thahy-zer]
- a person who sympathizes.
- Ophthalmology. an eye that exhibits ophthalmia because of disease or injury of the other.
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Origin of sympathizer
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
Related Words for sympathizer
collaborator, backer, supporter, ally, friend, defender, partisan, benefactor, patron, consolerExamples from the Web for sympathizer
Contemporary Examples of sympathizer
Anyone considered insufficiently anti-Communist was deemed a “comsymp”—short for Communist sympathizer.
A Brief History of Wingnuts in America; From George Washington to WoodstockJohn Avlon
August 17, 2014
The president considered “Lucky Lindy,” as he was derisively called, a Nazi sympathizer and a subversive.
Historical Examples of sympathizer
But is Mrs. Boompointer really disaffected, and a Southern sympathizer?
ClarenceBret Harte
"And think of how hard Dave and you worked," put in a sympathizer.
Dave Porter and His RivalsEdward Stratemeyer
You are a well-known Northern sympathizer and I am compelled to do it.
Before the DawnJoseph Alexander Altsheler
"I thought you were a Spanish sympathizer, Mr. Wyman," he said.
A Voyage with Captain DynamiteCharles Edward Rich
It created a sort of sympathy which was bad for the digestion of the sympathizer.
The EddyClarence L. Cullen
Word Origin and History for sympathizer
1815, agent noun from sympathize.
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