noun. One who supports or upholds; a supporter; a backer.

noun. One who or that which stops or restrains.

noun. One who stays or remains: as, a stayer at home.

noun. One who has sufficient endurance to hold out to the end; a person or an animal of staying qualities, as in racing or any kind of contest; one who does not readily give in through weakness or lack of perseverance.

noun. One who upholds or supports that which props; one who, or that which, stays, stops, or restrains; also, colloquially, a horse, man, etc., that has endurance, as in a race.

noun. One who, or that which, upholds or supports; a prop.

noun. One who, or that which, stays, stops, or restrains.

noun. An athlete, horse, etc. with staying power.

noun. a person or other animal having powers of endurance or perseverance

"The horse you want is not a pretty, dainty flyer, but a stayer, that is sure and that brings in good money, not big odds, but good money."

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Breyer  Dreyer  Mayer  Sayer  Speyer  

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