Devotee

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Devotee \Dev`o*tee"\, n.
     One who is wholly devoted; esp., one given wholly to
     religion; one who is superstitiously given to religious
     duties and ceremonies; a bigot.
     [1913 Webster]
  


           While Father Le Blanc was very devout he was not a
           devotee.                                 --A. S. Hardy.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  devotee
       n : an ardent follower and admirer [syn: {fan}, {buff}, {lover}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  70 Moby Thesaurus words for "devotee":
     Christian, God-fearing man, accepter, addict, adherent, admirer,
     aficionado, amateur, aspirant, aspirer, believer, booster, buff,
     bug, candidate, catechumen, churchgoer, churchite, churchman,
     collector, communicant, convert, coveter, crank, daily communicant,
     desirer, devotionalist, dilettante, disciple, energumen,
     enthusiast, fan, fanatic, fanatico, fancier, fiend, follower,
     freak, good Christian, groupie, habitue, hankerer, head, hopeful,
     hound, idolater, idolizer, infatuate, junkie, lover,
     lunatic fringe, monomaniac, neophyte, nut, pietist, proselyte,
     receiver, religionist, rooter, saint, solicitant, suitor, theist,
     truster, votary, wanter, wisher, worshiper, yearner, zealot