1[in nouns] a follower or supporter of a particular idea or person – often used to show disapproval: a group of Trotskyites (=followers of Trotsky’s political ideas) the Pre-Raphaelites2[in adjectives] relating to a particular set of religious or political ideas, or to the ideas of a particular person: his Reaganite opinions3someone who lives in a particular place or belongs to a particular group: a Brooklynite (=someone from Brooklyn) the Israelites (=in the Bible)