Meanings
plural sympathisers
- UKnonstandardNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of sympathizer.
‘[…] And I tell you that the slightest suspicion of my loyalty could be ruin for me, ruin! If it were ever breathed that I were even a sympathiser with this rebellion, there iss an end of me.’
1934 October, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], “Chapter 13”, in Burmese Days, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, →OCLC1 more example
The Ardent Spirit pupils now belong to him alone and through them he’ll set his plans in motion, moulding them to be warrior saints, brilliant in deceit against the West and its sympathisers here at home.
2013, Nadeem Aslam, chapter 4, in The Blind Man’s Garden, London: Faber & Faber
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna person who commiserates with someone who has had misfortune
nounsomeone who shares your feelings or opinions and hopes that you will be successful
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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