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follower
What does follower mean?
follower (noun): a person who accepts the leadership of another.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use follower in a sentence?
- He was her follower. (Tatoeba sentence #12781823 by rul, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce follower?
/ˈfɑloʊɚ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does follower come from?
From Middle English folwer, folwere, folewer, from Old English folgere (“follower; attendant; disciple”), equivalent to follow + -er.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are antonyms of follower?
Words related to follower
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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a specialized division of a large organization
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a person who accepts the leadership of another
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mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning
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the result of launching a projectile or bullet
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