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cheerleader

[cheer-lee-der]

noun

  1. a person who leads spectators in cheering, usually a member of a team that performs dance, acrobatic, and tumbling routines at sporting events or in competitions with other teams.

  2. a person who encourages and openly supports the success of a person or cause.

    Her dad has always been her biggest cheerleader.

    He emerged as a cheerleader for the rights of the incarcerated.



cheerleader

/ ˈʃɪəˌːə /

noun

  1. a person who leads a crowd in formal cheers, esp at sports events

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cheerleader1

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05; cheer + leader
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“I am a 20-year-old model and college cheerleader turned White House staff member — they couldn’t put me in a box even if they tried,” she said.

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I was a cheerleader, so I never could really wear red, because our rival school was red.

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A former Bridgewater State University and East Celebrity Elite squad cheerleader, Hudson competed for Miss Maine USA the last two years and explained why on social media.

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Environmental advocates and cheerleaders for biodiversity were overjoyed that the wolves — who in their best moments look a lot like big, cuddly dogs — were making such an astonishing comeback.

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One of the greatest things to come out of it has been the community of women, of all ages and backgrounds, that I have met along the way and we all became each other's cheerleaders.

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