follower

Pronunciation: /ˈfɒləʊə(ɹ)/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a person who accepts the leadership of another
  2. noun someone who travels behind or pursues another

Etymology

From Middle English folwer, folwere, folewer, from Old English folgere (“follower; attendant; disciple”), equivalent to follow + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Foulger, West Frisian folger, Dutch volger, German Folger, Swedish följare.

In classic literature

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
person
Narrower (hyponyms)
machiavellian, hegelian, respecter, cultist, keynesian, jacksonian
Opposite (antonyms)
leader

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