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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌdɛvəˈtiː/ Audio: En-au-devotee.ogg Forms: devotees [plural]
Etymology: From devote + -ee. Etymology templates: {{af|en|devote|-ee}} devote + -ee Head templates: {{en-noun}} devotee (plural devotees)
  1. An ardent enthusiast or admirer. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: enthusiast Translations (admirer): nadšenec [masculine] (Czech), palvoja (Finnish), ihailija (Finnish), intoilija (Finnish), inconditionnel (French), dévot (French), Bewunderer [masculine] (German), Enthusiast [masculine] (German), Fan [masculine] (German), Anhänger [masculine] (German), Entourage [feminine, plural, singular] (German), Anhängerschaft [feminine, plural, singular] (German), Liebhaber [masculine] (German), Verehrer [masculine] (German), kaitautāwhi (Maori), wielbiciel [masculine] (Polish), wielbicielka [feminine] (Polish), entuzjasta [masculine] (Polish), entuzjastka [feminine] (Polish), entusiasta [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), discípulo [masculine] (Portuguese), devoto [masculine] (Portuguese), покло́нник (poklónnik) [masculine] (Russian), покло́нница (poklónnica) [feminine] (Russian), devoto (Spanish), భక్త (bhakta) (Telugu), ھەۋەسكار (heweskar) (Uyghur)
    Sense id: en-devotee-en-noun-vgL943KH Disambiguation of People: 59 5 36 Disambiguation of 'admirer': 88 2 10
  2. (religion) A believer in a particular religion or god. Categories (topical): Religion Translations (believer): আবেদ (abed) (Bengali), vyznavač [masculine] (Czech), uskovainen (Finnish), Eiferer [masculine] (German), Gläubiger [masculine] (German), Anhänger [masculine] (German), Verehrer [masculine] (German), vóitín [masculine] (Irish), devoto [masculine] (Italian), fedele [masculine] (Italian), seguace [masculine] (Italian), زاھىت (zahit) (Uyghur), ئىخلاسمەن (ixlasmen) (Uyghur), ئابىد (abid) (Uyghur)
    Sense id: en-devotee-en-noun-NauKIbiS Topics: lifestyle, religion Disambiguation of 'believer': 0 100 0
  3. (slang) A person (almost exclusively a man) with a sexual attraction for people with physical disabilities, especially amputees. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-devotee-en-noun-Omyvx7zv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ee, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bengali translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Telugu translations, Terms with Uyghur translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 14 80 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ee: 7 7 85 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 6 87 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 18 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 3 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Bengali translations: 18 5 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 18 6 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 18 7 75 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 4 14 82 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 8 7 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 18 7 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 4 4 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 8 8 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 18 7 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 24 6 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 17 4 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 4 4 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 2 2 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Telugu translations: 16 6 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Uyghur translations: 18 7 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: devoteeism

Inflected forms

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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He was a devotee of Arnold Schwarzenegger.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "a devotee of classical music",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1908 January 20, John Muir, “Hetch Hetchy Valley”, in Sierra Club Bulletin:",
          "text": "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 Dollar.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An ardent enthusiast or admirer."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ardent",
          "ardent"
        ],
        [
          "enthusiast",
          "enthusiast"
        ],
        [
          "admirer",
          "admirer"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "enthusiast"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "en:Religion"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "devotees of Krishna",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "devotees thronged the temple",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1913, Ernest Wilson Clement, A Handbook of Modern Japan, page 253:",
          "text": "It has been said that a Japanese is a Shintōist in life and a Buddhist at death; and it is also true that he may be during life, at one and the same time, a devotee of both.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A believer in a particular religion or god."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "religion",
          "religion"
        ],
        [
          "believer",
          "believer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(religion) A believer in a particular religion or god."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2004, Alison Kafer, “Inseparable: Gender and disability in the amputee-devotee community”, in Gendering Disability, page 108:",
          "text": "The amputee-devotee community, consisting of women with amputations and the men sexually attracted to them, has been widely discussed within the disability community.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Ann Millett-Gallant, “Basilisk and the Representation of Physically Disabled Women in Film”, in Contemporary Art and Disability Studies:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022, Thomas J. Gerschick, “The body, disability, and sexuality”, in Introducing the New Sexuality Studies: Original Essays, 4th edition:",
          "text": "One of the paradoxical issues facing people with disabilities are \"devotees\": temporarily able-bodied people who are attracted to them because of their disabilities.[…]Although some women with disabilities experience a positive effect, devotee forums and websites simultaneously sexually objectify women with disabilities.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person (almost exclusively a man) with a sexual attraction for people with physical disabilities, especially amputees."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ],
        [
          "attraction",
          "attraction"
        ],
        [
          "disabilities",
          "disability"
        ],
        [
          "amputee",
          "amputee"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) A person (almost exclusively a man) with a sexual attraction for people with physical disabilities, especially amputees."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˌdɛvəˈtiː/"
    },
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "admirer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nadšenec"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "admirer",
      "word": "palvoja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "admirer",
      "word": "ihailija"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "admirer",
      "word": "intoilija"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "admirer",
      "word": "inconditionnel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "admirer",
      "word": "dévot"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "admirer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Bewunderer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "admirer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Enthusiast"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "admirer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Fan"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "admirer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Anhänger"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "admirer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "Entourage"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "admirer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "Anhängerschaft"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "admirer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Liebhaber"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "admirer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Verehrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "admirer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Enthusiast"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "admirer",
      "word": "kaitautāwhi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "admirer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wielbiciel"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "admirer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wielbicielka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "admirer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "entuzjasta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "admirer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "entuzjastka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "admirer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "entusiasta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "admirer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "discípulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "admirer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "devoto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poklónnik",
      "sense": "admirer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "покло́нник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poklónnica",
      "sense": "admirer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "покло́нница"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "admirer",
      "word": "devoto"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "bhakta",
      "sense": "admirer",
      "word": "భక్త"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "heweskar",
      "sense": "admirer",
      "word": "ھەۋەسكار"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "abed",
      "sense": "believer",
      "word": "আবেদ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "believer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vyznavač"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "believer",
      "word": "uskovainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "believer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Eiferer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "believer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Gläubiger"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "believer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Anhänger"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "believer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Verehrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "believer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vóitín"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "believer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "devoto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "believer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fedele"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "believer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "seguace"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "zahit",
      "sense": "believer",
      "word": "زاھىت"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "ixlasmen",
      "sense": "believer",
      "word": "ئىخلاسمەن"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "abid",
      "sense": "believer",
      "word": "ئابىد"
    }
  ],
  "word": "devotee"
}

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