What does Follower mean?
Definitions for Follower
ˈfɒl oʊ ərfol·low·er
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Follower.
Princeton's WordNet
followernoun
a person who accepts the leadership of another
followernoun
someone who travels behind or pursues another
Wiktionary
followernoun
One who follows, comes after another.
followernoun
Something that comes after another thing.
followernoun
One who is a part of master's physical group, such as a servant or retainer.
followernoun
One who follows mentally, adherer to the opinions, ideas or teachings of another, a movement etc.
followernoun
An imitator, who follows another's example
followernoun
A pursuer.
followernoun
A machine part receiving motion from another
followernoun
A man courting a maidservant.
followernoun
Young cattle.
followernoun
A metal piece placed at the top of a candle to keep the wax melting evenly.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Followernoun
Etymology: from follow.
Little gallant, you were wont to be a follower; but now you are a leader: whether had you rather lead mine eyes, or eye your master’s heels? William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor.
No stop, no stay, but clouds of sand arise,
Spurn’d and cast backward on the follower ’s eyes. Dryden.No follower, but a friend. Alexander Pope.
How accompanied, can’st thou tell that?
—— With Poins, and other his continual followers. William Shakespeare, H. IV.I hold it no wisdom to leave unto them too much command over their kindred, but rather withdraw their followers from them as much as may be, and gather them under the command of law. Edmund Spenser, State of Ireland.
The understanding that should be eyes to the blind faculty of the will, is blind itself; and so brings all the inconveniences that attend a blind follower, under the conduct of a blind guide. Robert South, Sermons.
And forc’d Æneas, when his ships were lost,
To leave his followers on a foreign coast. John Dryden, Æn.Be ye followers of me, even as I am of Christ. 1 Cor. xi. 1.
The true profession of Christianity inviolably engages all its followers to do good to all men. Thomas Sprat, Sermons.
Every one’s idea of identity will not be the same that Pythagoras and thousands of his followers have. John Locke.
The studious head or gen’rous mind,
Follow’r of God, or friend of human kind,
Poet or patriot, rose but to restore
The faith and moral nature gave before. Alexander Pope, Essays.
ChatGPT
follower
A follower is an individual who supports, subscribes, or adheres to the ideas, beliefs or instructions of a particular person, group, or ideology. In social media context, a follower is a registered user who subscribes to another user's updates or posts.
Webster Dictionary
Followernoun
one who follows; a pursuer; an attendant; a disciple; a dependent associate; a retainer
Followernoun
a sweetheart; a beau
Followernoun
the removable flange, or cover, of a piston. See Illust. of Piston
Followernoun
a gland. See Illust. of Stuffing box
Followernoun
the part of a machine that receives motion from another part. See Driver
Followernoun
among law stationers, a sheet of parchment or paper which is added to the first sheet of an indenture or other deed
Wikidata
Follower
"Follower" is a poem by Seamus Heaney released in his collection of 1966 Death of a Naturalist. The poem is about how he admired and followed his father. In this poem, Heaney reflects and looks back almost nostalgically at an Irish farming through a description of his father's ploughing expertise. He vividly describes his memories of his father's abilities and explains to his readers his total, uncompromising admiration for his father as the young boy he used to be. The rhyming scheme is as skillful as the action it describes and a further note on structure would be the development from admiration to irritation: "Behind me and won't go away". This is a cycle which can be related to all over the world in many different situations. Heaney had a stroke in 1990 but recovered, he did not write about this event. The author places himself in his childhood, and gives the reader his own point of view about the personal relation that he had with his father, a part from describing the different actions that this man did on the farm. This is autobiographical, as we can read in the following lines: “His father owned and worked a small farm of some fifty acres in County Derry in Northern Ireland”.
British National Corpus
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Follower' in Nouns Frequency: #2638
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Follower in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Follower in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of Follower in a Sentence
Barack Obama is the president of the United States and he couldn't say, 'Hey, these are Islamic jihadists. I just got informed of this by the FBI.' Instead he lies, he comes out and lies because we all know this information was out there, but he didn't want to insult the faith that I believe he is secretly following, a follower, or he is simply sympathetic because they're doing the dirty work. Because he ultimately wants to see this country punished and taken down for what he considers to be crimes against the rest of the world.
That is one of his issues. Impulsive. The other is being a follower.
I know what I did was wrong, and I want to serve punishment for it, it was impulsive. I followed the crowd. I should have been a leader, not a follower.
Those clients have overcome those compliance and security constraints and are now in catch-up mode, because of that kind of constraint, habit and behavior in the past, they are now working more like a fast follower than a front runner.
As a follower of Jesus, if I took my last breath on this earth, what does the Bible tell us would happen to me in that next moment?
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- تابعArabic
- преследвач, придружител, последователBulgarian
- následovníkCzech
- ledsager, medløber, efterfølger, eftersnakker, forfølger, følgesvend, madkæreste, tilhængerDanish
- Nachfolgerin, NachfolgerGerman
- ακόλουθοςGreek
- sekvantoEsperanto
- seguidor, imitadorSpanish
- kannattaja, seuraajaFinnish
- discipleFrench
- leantóirIrish
- पालन करने वालाHindi
- pengikutIndonesian
- חסידHebrew
- フォロワーJapanese
- მომხრე, მიმყოლიGeorgian
- 수행원Korean
- imitator, volgende, navolger, discipel, gevolgsman, volgeling, volgerDutch
- wyznawcaPolish
- seguidorPortuguese
- после́дователь, после́довательницаRussian
- efterfoljareSwedish
- wafauasiSwahili
- பின்பற்றுபவர்Tamil
- takipçiTurkish
- послідовникUkrainian
- 追随者Chinese
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