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Definition of follower noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

follower

noun
 
/ˈfɒləʊə(r)/
 
/ˈfɑːləʊər/
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  1. a person who supports and admires a particular person or set of ideas
    • the followers of Mahatma Gandhi
    see also camp follower
    Extra Examples
    • The minister has failed to heal a split among his followers.
    • She still has many loyal followers.
    • The myth says that he led a small band of followers to seek their fortune in distant lands.
    • He is often referred to as a follower of Darwin.
    • a follower of Islam
    Topics Religion and festivalsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • ardent
    • close
    • enthusiastic
    … of followers
    • band
    verb + follower
    • be
    • become
    • have
    preposition
    • among somebody’s follower
    • follower of
    See full entry
  2. a person who is very interested in a particular activity and follows all the recent news about it
    • keen followers of football
    • a follower of fashion
    • This book is only for the dedicated follower of modernist architecture.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • ardent
    • close
    • enthusiastic
    … of followers
    • band
    verb + follower
    • be
    • become
    • have
    preposition
    • among somebody’s follower
    • follower of
    See full entry
  3. a person who does things after somebody else has done them first
    • She is a leader, not a follower.
  4. a person who chooses to regularly receive somebody’s messages using a social media service
    • a celebrity with thousands of followers on X
    compare followeeTopics Phones, email and the internetb2
See follower in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee follower in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English

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