follower
- noun
- /ˈfɑːloʊər/
- The new religious leader quickly gained many followers who admired his teachings.
- many followers
- leaders and followers
- followers of a religion
He just seems like a normal communist follower, Lenin, until there's a turn.
- He just seems like a normal communist follower, Lenin, until there's a turn.
- And who I am is a follower of Christ.
- Even more fascinating, is anyone here a member or follower of the Church of the Shrike?
- You know, Muhammad, you know, exhorted his his his followers not to convert by the sword.
- Instead, Trump made a frightening call to his followers.
- Once you're the CEO of your life, not just the follower, everything shifts for us.
- When Mao passed and his followers, they were called the Gang of Four.
- Especially considering most of them claim in their profiles follower of Christ, Christ is king.
- It's just amazing the inability for him and for his followers to critically think.
- When Jesus Christ is in his trial, his followers won't admit there is followers, right?
- He wants to rig his artificial intelligence to lie to followers.
Examples
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In America, the non-Orthodox groups have more followers than they do in any other country.
Academic text (1999) -
Transformational leadership empowers followers and renews their commitment to the organization's vision.
Academic text (2008) -
So Christ tells his followers, first of all, to aim up.
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Half of his followers are friends and people from work.
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I feel worse for my followers, to be honest.
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I'll always be your follower.
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We got thousands of followers on our channel watching, listening with us now on this journey.
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There's a big difference between a follower, a fan and a customer.
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While they possess a particular vision, it is the followers who must implement the vision.
Academic text (1990) -
Second point, Jesus Christ commands us as his followers to be generous, very generous.
Synonyms
A person who backs a team or a cause
A person who follows someone closely, often to learn from them
A person who supports a party, leader, or idea and helps promote it
A person who loyally helps and supports an important leader
A person who strongly supports and stays loyal to someone or something
Antonyms
Compounds
How Supportive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Follower comes from the verb follow, which comes from an old English word meaning 'to go after'. So a follower is someone who goes with and supports a leader.