cheerleader
English
noun
Definitions
- (chiefly) A person, usually a young, attractive female, who encourages applause and cheers at a sports event, and wearing a specially-designed uniform in the official colors of the team he/she cheers for.
- (figuratively) A person who rallies support for any cause.
Etymology
Compound from English cheer + English leader.
Origin
English
leader
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bandleader English
- bellycheer English
- cheer English
- cheer-off English
- cheerable English
- cheerer English
- cheerest English
- cheereth English
- cheerful English
- cheerish English
- cheerleaderish English
- cheerleaderlike English
- cheerleadership English
- cheerless English
- cheerly English
- cheermaster English
- cheersome English
- cheery English
- coleader English
- e-leader English
- encheer English
- fairleader English
- foreleader English
- gloomleader English
- houseleader English
- lead English
- leader English
- leaderboard English
- leaderess English
- leaderette English
- leaderfag English
- leaderful English
- leaderine English
- leaderish English
- leaderless English
- leaderlike English
- leaderly English
- leadership English
- multileader English
- noncheerleader English
- outcheer English
- playleader English
- ringleader English
- subleader English
- thought-leader English
- upcheer English
- Cheerleader German
- Cheerleaderin German
- leader Italian
- leader French
- лидер Russian
- liderar Spanish, Castilian
- líder Spanish, Castilian
- cheerleader Portuguese
- líder Portuguese
- チアリーダー Japanese
- リーダー Japanese
- lider Polish
- chere Middle English
- leder Middle English
- cheerleader Danish
- lídr Czech
- lider Serbo-Croatian
- líder Catalan, Valencian
- लीडरी Hindi
- lider Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- เชียร์ Thai
- เชียร์ลีดเดอร์ Thai
- lider Cebuano
- lider Turkish
- лидер Bulgarian
- ლიდერი Georgian
- лидер Macedonian
- лідер Ukrainian
- 리더 Korean
- 치어리더 Korean
- лідар Belarusian
- líder Asturian
- lida Tok Pisin
- lider Crimean Tatar
- lead
- cheer
- leader
- cheery
- encheer
- upcheer
- cheerly
- cheerer
- e-leader
- cheerest
- leaderly
- coleader
- outcheer
- cheerish
- cheerful
- cheereth
- leaderfag
- leaderine
- leaderess
- cheersome
- leaderish
- leaderful
- subleader
- cheerless
- cheer-off
- cheerable
- ringleader
- leaderette
- playleader
- bandleader
- fairleader
- leaderlike
- leadership
- leaderless
- foreleader
- bellycheer
- cheermaster
- gloomleader
- houseleader
- multileader
- leaderboard
- cheerleaderish
- thought-leader
- noncheerleader
- cheerleadership
- cheerleaderlike