Hypertext Webster Gateway: "booster"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Booster \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
booster
n 1: a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their
supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of
the library" [syn: {supporter}, {protagonist}, {champion},
{admirer}, {friend}]
2: someone who is an active supporter and advocate [syn: {promoter},
{plugger}]
3: a thief who steals goods that are on display in a store
[syn: {shoplifter}, {lifter}]
4: the first stage of a multistage rocket [syn: {booster rocket},
{booster unit}, {multistage rocket}, {takeoff booster}, {takeoff
rocket}]
5: an additional dose that makes sure the first dose was
effective [syn: {booster dose}, {booster shot}, {recall
dose}]
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