follower
Americannoun
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a person or thing that follows.
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a person who follows another in regard to their ideas or belief; disciple or adherent.
- Synonyms:
- supporter
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a person who imitates, copies, or takes as a model or ideal.
He was little more than a follower of current modes.
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an attendant, servant, or retainer.
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a person who follows or subscribes to another's posts on a social media website.
He spent hours figuring out how to get more followers on Twitter.
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British Informal. a boyfriend or suitor, especially of a maidservant.
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Machinery. a part receiving motion from or following the movements of another part, especially a cam.
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Engineering, Building Trades. a concrete form attached to the head of a timber pile to permit casting of a concrete cap or pier.
noun
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a person who accepts the teachings of another; disciple; adherent
a follower of Marx
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an attendant or henchman
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an enthusiast or supporter, as of a sport or team
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(esp formerly) a male admirer
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rare a pursuer
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a machine part that derives its motion by following the motion of another part
Related Words
Follower, adherent, partisan refer to someone who demonstrates allegiance to a person, a doctrine, a cause, or 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.
Etymology
Origin of follower
First recorded before 900; Middle English folwer, Old English folgere. See follow, -er 1
Example Sentences
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Dean Commodore publishes videos which help teach his nearly half a million followers on TikTok and Instagram how to perform tasks such as bleeding a radiator and hanging a mirror.
From BBC
Shrinkhala Khatiwada, a former Miss Nepal and daughter of a former health minister - who was reported to have more than a million followers at one point - appears to have shut her Instagram account down entirely.
From BBC
While their social media followers have grown to more than 300,000, they have attracted some negative comments about their choice of lifestyle.
From BBC
Instagram followers cheered the bot on, with one posting, “Go coco, go,” and others calling for someone to help the robot.
From Los Angeles Times
In each example, Polymarket Money posted a screenshot of a trade and asked followers what the trader might know.
From Barron's
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