Devotee

/ˌdɛv.əˈtiː/ · noun

Meaning

An ardent enthusiast or admirer..

Definitions by Sense

1. An ardent enthusiast or admirer.
2. (religion) A believer in a particular religion or god.
3. (slang) A person (almost exclusively a man) with a sexual attraction for people with physical disabilities, especially amputees.

Example Sentences

He was a devotee of Arnold Schwarzenegger.

a devotee of classical music

These temple destroyers, devotees of ravaging commercialism, seem to have a perfect contempt for Nature, and, instead of lifting their eyes to the God of the mountains, lift them to the Almighty Dollar.

*The Expanse'*s patois has become, like Klingon and Dothraki, the show's great unifier—the slang all devotees speak.

devotees of Krishna

devotees thronged the temple

It has been said that a Japanese is a Shintōist in life and a Buddhist at death; and it is also true that he may be during life, at one and the same time, a devotee of both.

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

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