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cheerleader

[ cheer-lee-der ]

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noun

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.
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

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noun

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cheerleader¹

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05; cheer + leader

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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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One of the deal’s biggest cheerleaders last week was X Chief Executive Officer Linda Yaccarino, who posted, “The future could not be brighter.”

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I'm not just coming in to be a cheerleader - I want to play.

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"Just having someone as a bit of a cheerleader to say diversity in games is really important."

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cheerlead cheerleading

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