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Definitions for: Booster
[n] an additional dose that makes sure the first dose was effective
[n] the first stage of a multistage rocket
[n] a thief who steals goods that are in a store
[n] someone who is an active supporter and advocate
[n] a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library"
Webster (1913) Definition: Boost"er, n. (Elec.)
An instrument for regulating the electro-motive force in an
alternating-current circuit; -- so called because used to
``boost'', or raise, the pressure in the circuit.
Synonyms: admirer, booster dose, booster rocket, booster shot, booster unit, champion, friend, lifter, multistage rocket, plugger, promoter, protagonist, recall dose, shoplifter, supporter, takeoff booster, takeoff rocket
See Also: adman, advertiser, advertizer, advocate, advocator, anglophil, anglophile, barker, believer, Boswell, Confederate, convert, dose, endorser, enthusiast, exponent, Francophil, Francophile, free trader, functionalist, Graecophile, Jacobite, loyalist, mainstay, maintainer, New Dealer, partisan, partizan, philhellene, philhellenist, pillar, proponent, ratifier, rocket, rocket engine, Roundhead, seconder, Shavian, stalwart, stealer, subscriber, sustainer, sympathiser, sympathizer, thief, toaster, truster, upholder, verifier, voucher, wassailer, well-wisher, Whig
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