groupie
Americannoun
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a young person, especially a teenage girl, who is an ardent admirer of rock musicians and may follow them on tour.
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an ardent fan of a celebrity or of a particular activity.
a tennis groupie.
noun
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an ardent fan of a celebrity, esp a pop star: originally, often a girl who followed the members of a pop group on tour in order to have sexual relations with them
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an enthusiastic follower of some activity
a political groupie
Etymology
Origin of groupie
Example Sentences
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For the ultimate fan, the Bonnie Clyde Groupie sunglasses come in seven shades to suit every mood and genre.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2024
Her song Art Groupie began with the line: "I'll never write my memoirs."
From BBC • Sep. 18, 2013
Groupie Doll turned in a smashing performance in the $334,500 Humana Distaff, beating Musical Romance by 7 1/4 lengths while shattering the track record.
From Newsweek • May 5, 2012
It was Groupie, too, who, during the fuel shortages of 1947, complained to my father about "the damned miners starving us of coal".
From The Guardian • Apr. 9, 2010
"It's all one big ego trip," gushes Super Groupie Cleo, a strawberry-blonde 18-year-old New Yorker who is a look-alike for Jane Fonda.
From Time Magazine Archive
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