Follower
['fɒləʊə] or ['fɑloɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a person who accepts the leadership of another.
(noun.) someone who travels behind or pursues another.
Inputed by Dan--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who follows; a pursuer; an attendant; a disciple; a dependent associate; a retainer.
(n.) A sweetheart; a beau.
(n.) The removable flange, or cover, of a piston. See Illust. of Piston.
(n.) A gland. See Illust. of Stuffing box.
(n.) The part of a machine that receives motion from another part. See Driver.
(n.) Among law stationers, a sheet of parchment or paper which is added to the first sheet of an indenture or other deed.
Typist: Steven
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Pursuer.[2]. Attendant, retainer, dependant, companion, associate.[3]. Adherent, disciple, partisan, pupil.[4]. Imitator, copier.
Typed by Doreen
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Partisan, adherent, disciple, henchman, retainer, pursuer, attendant
ANT:Leader, teacher, antagonist, opponent, rival
Checked by Cathy
Examples
- I entertained you, sir, said John, reining up his palfrey haughtily, for my follower, but not for my counsellor. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Debasement of character is the certain follower of such pursuits. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- There was a follower, or an officer, or something, here, said Mr. Jarndyce, who is dead. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Sam,' said Mr. Pickwick, compassionating his follower's confusion and embarrassment. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He was a better follower than Bradley. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I am not a pagan, but a Christian philosopher--a follower of the sect of Jesus. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The present writer has been unable to find any discussion of the religious ideas of Paul before he became a follower of Jesus. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- At the same time he motioned his followers to advance. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Muhammad was knocked down and nearly killed, and there was much running away among his followers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But Coodle knew the danger, and Doodle knew the danger, and all their followers and hangers-on had the clearest possible perception of the danger. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Mr. Jaggers, putting a hand on my shoulder and walking me on at his side without saying anything to me, addressed himself to his followers. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Lady Crackenbury read the paragraph in bitterness of spirit and discoursed to her followers about the airs which that woman was giving herself. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- What thinkst thou of gaining fair lands and livings, by wedding a Saxon, after the fashion of the followers of the Conqueror? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Its followers were mainly slaves, soldiers, and distressed people. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The two friends were followers of the Baconian philosophy. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Then for a week he taught in Jerusalem, surrounded by a crowd of followers who made his arrest by the authorities difficult. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And how,' said Mr. Pickwick, when he had grasped his followers by the hand, and exchanged warm salutations of welcome--'how is Tupman? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Would he not have had many devoted followers? Plato. The Republic.
- The Persian army was a vast, ill-organized assembly of soldiers, transport, camp followers, and so forth. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- For him and his followers mathematics became a philosophy--almost a religion. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The mob, the mere followers, he let alone. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Look for the Knight of the Fetterlock, fair Rebecca, and see how he bears himself; for as the leader is, so will his followers be. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
Typist: Tyler