Devotee

//ˌdɛvəˈtiː// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An ardent enthusiast or admirer.

    "He was a devotee of Arnold Schwarzenegger."

  2. 2
    an ardent follower and admirer wordnet
  3. 3
    A believer in a particular religion or god.

    "devotees of Krishna"

  4. 4
    A person (almost exclusively a man) with a sexual attraction for people with physical disabilities, especially amputees. slang

    "The amputee-devotee community, consisting of women with amputations and the men sexually attracted to them, has been widely discussed within the disability community."

Synonyms

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bufffanfanfiendaccepteraddict

Example

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"He was a staunch devotee who had unflinching faith."

Etymology

From devote + -ee. The narrowed meaning in sense 3 arises from the sound similarity with amputee.

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