CHEERER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does cheerer mean? 

• CHEERER (noun)
  The noun CHEERER has 1 sense:

1. a spectator who shouts encouragement

  Familiarity information: CHEERER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHEERER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A spectator who shouts encouragement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("cheerer" is a kind of...):

looker; spectator; viewer; watcher; witness (a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind))

Derivation:

cheer (show approval or good wishes by shouting)

cheer (spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts)

 Context examples 

Fanny would certainly believe him so at least, and must find that her estimation of him was higher than ever when he appeared as the attendant, supporter, cheerer of a suffering brother.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)