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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024fol•low•er /ˈfɑloʊɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a person or thing that follows.
- a person who follows another in regard to his or her ideas or belief;
disciple or adherent. - a person who imitates, copies, or takes as a model or ideal:a follower of current fashions.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fol•low•er (fol′ō ər),USA pronunciation n. - a person or thing that follows.
- a person who follows another in regard to his or her ideas or belief;
disciple or adherent. - a person who imitates, copies, or takes as a model or ideal:He was little more than a follower of current modes.
- an attendant, servant, or retainer.
- British Termsa boyfriend or suitor, esp. of a maidservant.
- Mechanical Engineering[Mach.]a part receiving motion from or following the movements of another part, esp. a cam.
- Building, Civil Engineering[Engin., Building Trades.]a concrete form attached to the head of a timber pile to permit casting of a concrete cap or pier.
- Middle English folwer, Old English folgere. See follow, -er1 bef. 900
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged supporter. Follower, adherent, partisan refer to someone who demonstrates allegiance to a person, a doctrine, a cause, and the like. Follower often has an implication of personal relationship or of slavish acquiescence. Adherent, a more formal word, has implications of active championship of a person or a point of view. Partisan, ordinarily meaning a person prejudiced and unreasoning in adherence to a party, during World War II took on the meaning of a member of certain groups in occupied countries of Europe who carried on underground resistance to the Nazis.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged opponent, adversary, enemy, foe.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: follower /ˈfɒləʊə/ n - a person who accepts the teachings of another; disciple; adherent: a follower of Marx
- an attendant or henchman
- an enthusiast or supporter, as of a sport or team
- (esp formerly) a male admirer
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