admirer

[ ad-mahyuhr-er ]
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noun
  1. a person who regards someone or something with wonder, pleasure, or approval: His admirers say he has all the qualities of a good presenter—he's unflappable, charming, and witty.A popular plot in classic films is the story of a famous actress or dancer who receives a dozen roses after her performance with a card signed, “A secret admirer.”

Origin of admirer

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Other words from admirer

  • pre·ad·mir·er, noun

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How to use admirer in a sentence

  • It seems to me that such verses as these might very well have satisfied the English admirers of Klopstock.

  • A third poem, Nerto, appeared in 1884, and showed the poet in a new light; his admirers now compared him to Ariosto.

    Frdric Mistral | Charles Alfred Downer
  • It is not to be supposed that such a girl as Grace had lived to be nineteen years of age without admirers.

  • In their youth both had been enthusiastic admirers of the ballet, and had often tried to imitate the art of the dancers.

  • It has been immensely popular, and thus does not illustrate merely the taste of an inner circle of its author's admirers.

    The Nabob | Alphonse Daudet