What does "ringwraith" mean?

A person who is loyal, as if bound or entranced, to a band, group or organization.

What is a synonym for "ringwraith"?

Common synonyms include: nazgul, nazgul.

noun

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Noun

1
A person who is loyal, as if bound or entranced, to a band, group or organization.
"It is twisted out of shape and used for base purposes by the ringwraiths, the bent ones among the intellectuals, for purposes that are transient..."
2
Anyone who keeps a magical ring, and is enslaved thereby, and may also be rendered invisible and immortal thereby.
"A party of four at one of my stations included a pretty creditable Scarlett O'Hara in her famous green velvet `curtains' gown, a fairy princess complete with fancy airbrushed wings, a man dressed as either a Ringwraith or the Grim Reaper (I guessed from the absence of a sickle that he was probably a Ringwraith), and George Washington."

"It is twisted out of shape and used for base purposes by the ringwraiths, the bent ones among the intellectuals, for purposes that are transient..."

Etymology 1

From Ringwraith (fantasy character), in J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings; from ring + wraith.

Etymology 2

From ring + wraith, coined by J. R. R. Tolkien as a fantasy character in The Lord of the Rings.

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