follower
//ˈfɒləʊə(ɹ)//
Forms
- Plural
- followers
Definitions
1.One who follows, comes after another.
2.Something that comes after another thing.
3.One who is a part of master's physical group, such as a servant or retainer.
4.One who follows mentally, adherer to the opinions, ideas or teachings of another, a movement etc.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4075
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
From Middle English folwer, folwere, folewer, from Old English folgere (“follower; attendant; disciple”), equivalent to follow + -er.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Foulger, West Frisian folger, Dutch volger, German Folger, Swedish följare.