Maecenas, abettor, admirer, advocate, aficionado, angel, apologist, backer, bit player, buff, champion, defender, dependence, encourager, endorser, exponent, extra, fan, favorer, figurant, figurante, friend at court, lover, mainstay, maintainer, mute, paranymph, partisan, patron, promoter, protagonist, reliance, second, seconder, sectary, sider, spear-carrier, sponsor, stalwart, stand-in, substitute, supe, super, supernumerary, support, supporter, supporting actor, supporting cast, sustainer, sympathizer, understudy, upholder, votary, walk-on, walking gentleman, well-wisher

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