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Another word for follower

Noun

  1. One who supports and adheres to another

    2. See also:

    precede

    over

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Synonym Study

  • Partisan refers to an unswerving, often blindly devoted, adherent of some person or cause
  • Disciple implies a personal, devoted relationship to the teacher of some doctrine or leader of some movement Plato was a disciple of Socrates
  • Adherent refers to a close, active follower of some theory, cause, etc. the adherents of a political party
  • Supporter applies to one who upholds or defends opinions or theories that are disputed or under attack a supporter of technocracy
  • Follower is the general term for one who follows or believes in the teachings or theories of someone a follower of Freud
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Sentence Examples

  • No follower of the Blanco regime was safe.

  • Gutch maintains that he was a follower of Simon de Montfort.

  • Howie was a natural born follower and damaged goods.

  • Here, too, is the Badia di Fiesole, founded in 1028 and re-erected about 1456-1466 by a follower of Brunelleschi.

  • In fulfilment of a vow to visit the Holy Sepulchre, which he could not accomplish in person, Bruce requested Douglas to carry his heart there, but his faithful follower perished on the way, fighting in Spain against the Moors, and the heart of Bruce, recovered by Sir William Keith, found its resting-place at Melrose.

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