sympathizer

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English sympathize Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English sympathizer From sympathize + -er.

1. A person who sympathizes (with a political cause, a side in a conflict, etc.); a supporter.

   “His reputation was ruined when it was revealed that he had been a Nazi sympathizer before the war.”

   “[…] she exposed herself to the fury of the sympathizers with slavery, without fear, and suffered their blows without flinching.”

2. A person who has, shows or expresses sympathy (with another person or people); a person who enters into the feelings of another.

   “[…] it is a sad case when the truly godly, who are cordial sympathizers, and earnest intercessours in the straits of a Nation, are stricken dumb in a day of calamity […]”

   “[…] I am a sympathizer in every part of thy distress, except (and yet it is cruel to say it) in That which arises from thy guilt.”