Meaning

3 senses
  1. An ardent enthusiast or admirer.

    He was a devotee of Arnold Schwarzenegger.

    a devotee of classical music

    Bewunderer, Enthusiast, Fan

    покло́нникpoklónnik, покло́нницаpoklónnica

    an ardent follower and admirer

  2. A believer in a particular religion or god.

    devotees of Krishna

    devotees thronged the temple

    Eiferer, Gläubiger, Anhänger

    пре́данныйprédannyj

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

Examples

6 sentences
  1. He was a staunch devotee who had unflinching faith.

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  2. The devotees witnessed the miracle with their own eyes.

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  3. Devotees of science fiction will enjoy this new film.

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  4. The devotees of Vishnu are called Vaishnavas; the devotees of Shiva are Shaivites.

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  5. Tom is a BTS devotee.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
admirer:
believer:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
admirer:
believer:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: devotees
Singulardevotee
Pluraldevotees

regular

Synonyms

15 synonyms

Word family

2 related words
Relateddevote
Deriveddevoteeism

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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