- 1one of the members of a group of young people (usually women) wearing special uniforms, who encourage the crowd to cheer for their team at a sports event
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- 2a person who supports a particular politician, idea, or way of doing something one of the leading cheerleaders for the President's welfare policies
noun [uncountable] She was into cheerleading in high school. the President's continued cheerleading for the “strong dollar”See cheerleader in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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