DEVOTEE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does devotee mean? 

• DEVOTEE (noun)
  The noun DEVOTEE has 1 sense:

1. an ardent follower and admirer

  Familiarity information: DEVOTEE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEVOTEE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An ardent follower and admirer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

buff; devotee; fan; lover

Hypernyms ("devotee" is a kind of...):

follower (a person who accepts the leadership of another)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "devotee"):

aerophile (a lover of aviation)

aficionado (a serious devotee of some particular music genre or musical performer)

amorist (one dedicated to love and lovemaking especially one who writes about love)

bacchanal; bacchant (a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus)

groupie (an enthusiastic young fan (especially a young woman who follows rock groups around))

metalhead (a fan of heavy metal music)

Holonyms ("devotee" is a member of...):

followers; following (a group of followers or enthusiasts)

Derivation:

devote (give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause)

 Context examples 

One day, palm branch in hand, and his crowd of adoring devotees behind him, he led us down to his hidden work-shop and took us into the secret of his plans.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Like silver, he thought to himself, like tinkling silver bells; and on the instant, and for an instant, he was transported to a far land, where under pink cherry blossoms, he smoked a cigarette and listened to the bells of the peaked pagoda calling straw-sandalled devotees to worship.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)