admirer
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admirers
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An admirer is a fan, supporter, or lover. If you're an admirer of Jane Austen, you are enthusiastic about her novels and appreciate her writing. The president of a pop star's fan club can describe himself as the star's admirer, and a college student who is crazy about her psychology professor is also an admirer. If there's someone in your life who leaves unsigned love notes in your mailbox, you can call that person your "secret admirer." In the 1700s, the word was primarily romantic, and it comes from a Latin root, admirari, "to wonder at."
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“I’m an admirer of Baldwin’s writing,” he tells me via Zoom from the Leech Lake Reservation in north-central Minnesota, where he was raised as an enrolled member of the Ojibwe Nation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
Shawn Gude aims to write him back into the nation’s history with his first book, a warm caress from an unabashed admirer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
At that year’s Lollapalooza festival in Chicago, no less an admirer than Paul McCartney brought Howard onstage to help him sing the Beatles’ “Get Back.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
A writer facing a slump finds fresh energy when his children’s new nanny proves to be an admirer of his books.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Maybe we could just talk about all the secret admirer stuff right there and things would finally be clearer.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
His admirers saw a fabulously wealthy man sharing his good fortune.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Some long-time admirers of Mapfumo, who arrived in Harare on the eve of the helicopter crash, accused him on social media of compromising his principles, though this was denied by the 81-year-old musician.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Earlier that morning, Axios co-founder Jim VandeHei published a flattering bulletin placing Schmitt atop the speculative short list to be Vice President JD Vance’s 2028 running mate, quoting admirers of the senator.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026
“He was very well-connected through all his admirers and friends, and he thought he could get away with anything, and he usually did,” Meyers told The Times recently.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Such names are themselves priority claims, made on behalf of the original discoverers by their admirers, and the implicit analogy is with the naming of America.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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