devotee

[ dev-uh-tee, -tey ]

noun

1. a person who is greatly devoted to something.
2. a person who is extremely devoted to a religion; a follower.
3. an enthusiastic follower or fan:

   He's a devotee of jazz.

devotee

/ ˌdɛvəˈtiː /

noun

1. a person ardently enthusiastic about or devoted to something, such as a sport or pastime
2. a zealous follower of a religion

Word History and Origins

Origin of devotee¹

First recorded in 1635–45; devote + -ee

Synonym Study

See fanatic.

Example Sentences

Each January, film industry execs, insiders and devotees flock to Park City, Utah for the Sundance Film Festival — the event was one of the few held before the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.

From Digiday

This is, in effect, a behind-the-scenes secret history, one that Murakami fans — or devotees of publishing gossip — will find almost as irresistible as those early novels.

From Washington Post

Add in accountability—yes, many of these trackers can post directly to your social media—which is another proven way of sticking to your healthy lifestyle, and you can see why so many people are devotees.

From Popular-Science

Today, many of its devotees are turning to it with fresh eyes.

From Washington Blade

If he were here, the law student and moral-philosophy devotee would have thought the violence at the Capitol was “the absolute worst form of crime against democracy,” Raskin said.

From Washington Post

Fleiss makes the film as a devotee would, depicting Weir in a saintly glow.

From The Daily Beast

As a new American devotee, this was a profoundly patriotic impulse.

From The Daily Beast

After reading an article about shopping local in 2006, I became a devotee of the online, artisan marketplace.

From The Daily Beast

A devotee, Kreeft gives Lewis the big philosophical guns, and has him trouncing Kennedy and Huxley pretty comprehensively.

From The Daily Beast

Dialect, for instance, was not his métier, so like a true devotee of the form he exploited his incompetence for laughs.

From The Daily Beast

In short, Marcella had been too long under her tuition, to become a willing devotee to the monastic rites of the Romish Church.

From Project Gutenberg

He was an ardent devotee of the Commonwealth and his writings exemplify this affectionate feeling.

From Project Gutenberg

The Hindoo devotee is exceedingly tender of the lives of animals, while he is often callous to human suffering.

From Project Gutenberg

A devotee admired Divine Providence for having wisely made rivers to flow through all the places where men had built large cities.

From Project Gutenberg

Captain Maturin went through the performance with the grave face of another classical devotee to duty; but his heart—poor fellow!

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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• aficionado
• believer
• booster
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