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devotee
/ˌdɛv.əˈtiː/
noun 3
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1(noun.)
ADJ
ardent, committed, fervent, great, serious
She became a committed devotee of yoga after taking her first class five years ago.
Definitions
noun
1
An ardent enthusiast or admirer.
He was a devotee of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
a devotee of classical music
2
A believer in a particular religion or god.
devotees of Krishna
devotees thronged the temple
3
A person (almost exclusively a man) with a sexual attraction for people with physical disabilities, especially amputees.
The amputee-devotee community, consisting of women with amputations and the men sexually attracted to them, has been widely discussed within the disability community.
He becomes involved in a story about a community of wannabes and devotees, those who desire to be sexually intimate with disabled bodies, and meets Fiona, an art conservator and wannabe, or disabled pretender.
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He was a devotee of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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a devotee of classical music
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These temple destroyers, devotees of ravaging commercialism, seem to have a perfect contempt for Nature, and, instead of lifting their eyes to the God of the mountains, lift them to the Almighty Dolla
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He was a staunch devotee who had unflinching faith.
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Tom is a BTS devotee.
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The syncretist, the mystic, the devotee, the puritan, would find a congenial climate in these regions of Asia Minor.
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