"fan base" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fan bases [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fan base (plural fan bases)
  1. The fans of a thing or person taken as a group. Categories (topical): Collectives, Fandom Synonyms: fanbase, fandom, fanship Translations (fans of a thing or person taken as a group): 粉絲群 (Chinese Mandarin), 粉丝群 (fěnsīqún) (Chinese Mandarin), 粉絲圈 (Chinese Mandarin), 粉丝圈 (fěnsīquān) (Chinese Mandarin), fanikunta (Finnish), fanikanta (Finnish), fanit [plural] (Finnish), kannattajakunta (Finnish), ファン層 (fan sō) (Japanese), fanbase (Norwegian), fanbase [common-gender] (Swedish)

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