athletic supporter

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English

Noun

athletic supporter (plural athletic supporters)

  1. An elastic garment supporting and defending male genitalia from modest injury. A jock strap.
    • 1832, 2019, Records and Briefs of the United States Supreme Court, page 71:
      As part of my equipment I am wearing an athletic supporter over a pair of jockey shorts.
  2. A booster for a cheerleading team.
    • 2004, Louise Bernikow, Confessions of an Ex-Cheerleader:
      We were the best athletic supporters that ever lived. We paired off: cheerleader and basketball player, like a socialite wife and corporation executive, leading lady and leading man.