booster

English

Noun

Wikipedia booster (plural boosters)

1. Something that boosts.
2. The first stage of a multistage rocket that provides the thrust for liftoff and the initial flight
3. Someone who is a fan or supporter of something.
   • 2012, The Economist, Lexington: A fiscal hawk, grounded

     Nor is his district quite the Democratic bastion boosters describe: voters there narrowly backed Barack Obama in 2008, but voted for Mr Bush by a hefty margin in 2004.

4. Someone who promotes a town or business
5. A member of a booster club.
6. A booster dose.

   When did you get your last tetanus booster?

Translations

Something that boosts

• Bulgarian: усилвател (bg) m (usilvatel)
• Finnish: kasvattaja, kohottaja

• Russian: усилитель (ru) (usilítelʹ) m 

The first stage of a multistage rocket

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 運載火箭 (cmn), 运载火箭 (cmn) (yùnzài huǒjiàn)

• Finnish: kantoraketti (fi)

• German: Booster (de) m
• Japanese: ブースター (ja) (būsutā)
• Russian: ракета-носитель (ru) (rakéta-nosítelʹ) f 

Someone who is a fan or supporter of something

• Bulgarian: привърженик (bg) m (privărženik)
• Finnish: kannattaja (fi)

• Russian: приверженец (ru) (privérženec) m 

A member of a booster club

A booster dose

• Finnish: tehosterokotus

• French: rappel (fr) m

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