devotee

[ dev-uh-tee, -tey ]

/ ˌdɛv əˈti, -ˈteɪ /

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noun

a person who is greatly devoted to something.

a person who is extremely devoted to a religion; a follower.

an enthusiastic follower or fan: He's a devotee of jazz.

Nearby words

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Origin of devotee

First recorded in 1635–45; devote + -ee

SYNONYMS FOR devotee

1, 3 See fanatic.

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Examples from the Web for devotee

Fleiss makes the film as a devotee would, depicting Weir in a saintly glow.
Bob Weir on Drugged-Out Deadheads and Living in Jerry Garcia’s Shadow|Emily Shire|April 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As a new American devotee, this was a profoundly patriotic impulse.
Remembering Music Pioneer Ahmet Ertegun|Peter Brown|December 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
After reading an article about shopping local in 2006, I became a devotee of the online, artisan marketplace.
Etsy Changed Its Policy. So What?|Sara Stroman|November 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
A devotee, Kreeft gives Lewis the big philosophical guns, and has him trouncing Kennedy and Huxley pretty comprehensively.
Three Great Men Died That Day: JFK, C.S. Lewis, and Aldous Huxley|John Garth|November 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST

He was a pothead, a devotee of hip hop, a lifeguard, a high school wrestler, an aspiring dentist.
Are The Tsarnaevs White?|Peter Beinart|April 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST
When the wick sputtered, the devotee trembled in fear of failure.
The Grandissimes|George Washington Cable
They began to practise, the one with hope, the other with defiance, Bouvard being convinced that he would never be a devotee.
Bouvard and Pcuchet, part 2|Gustave Flaubert
The Master replied, "You are a devotee, your society has so wrought on him through the great grace of Jagannth."
Chaitanya's Life And Teachings|Krishna das Kaviraja
He gradually became a devotee to his own method of thinking, and it was his aim not to teach what but how to think.
History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology|John F. Hurst
He is a Hindu devotee, and at the time of our visit he was making a pilgrimage to Benares, the sacred city.
A Tour of the Missions|Augustus Hopkins Strong

British Dictionary definitions for devotee

devotee

/ (ˌdɛvəˈtiː) /

noun

a person ardently enthusiastic about or devoted to something, such as a sport or pastime

a zealous follower of a religion

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Word Origin and History for devotee

devotee

1640s, from devote, with a French suffix, perhaps on model of assignee. Earlier in this sense was devote (1620s).

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