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rooter
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun rooter has 1 sense
- rooter(n = noun.person) fan, sports fan - an enthusiastic devotee of sports; Array has particulars: aficionado, railbird
is a kind of enthusiast, partisan, partizan
CIDE DICTIONARY
rooter, n.
- One who, or that which, roots; one that tears up by the roots. [1913 Webster]
- One who roots, or applauds. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
THESAURUS
rooter
adherent, admirer, amateur, applauder, appreciator, booster, buff, claqueur, collector, commender, devotee, dilettante, encomiast, eulogist, eulogizer, extoller, fan, fancier, follower, groupie, idolater, idolizer, lauder, panegyrist, plugger, praiser, promoter, puffer, tout, touter, votary, worshiper
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