Devotee Meaning
/ˌdɛv.əˈtiː/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAn ardent enthusiast or admirer.
nounA believer in a particular religion or god.
Sentence Examples
He was a staunch devotee who had unflinching faith.
Tom is a BTS devotee.
CEFR Practice Quiz
She is a true ____ of classical music and attends concerts weekly.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He was a staunch ____ who had unflinching faith.
Word Origin & History
From devote + -ee. The narrowed meaning in sense 3 arises from the sound similarity with amputee.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 1908 January 26, John Muir, “Hetch Hetchy Valley”, in Sierra Club Bulletin:
"*The Expanse'*s patois has become, like Klingon and Dothraki, the show's great unifier—the slang all devotees speak."
— 2017 April 5, Emily Dreyfuss, “That Cool Dialect on The Expanse Mashes Up 6 Languages”, in WIRED, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2022:
"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."
— 1913, Ernest Wilson Clement, A Handbook of Modern Japan, page 253:
"The amputee-devotee community, consisting of women with amputations and the men sexually attracted to them, has been widely discussed within the disability community."
— 2004, Alison Kafer, “Inseparable: Gender and disability in the amputee-devotee community”, in Gendering Disability, page 108:
"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."
— 2019, Ann Millett-Gallant, “Basilisk and the Representation of Physically Disabled Women in Film”, in Contemporary Art and Disability Studies:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She is a true ____ of classical music and attends concerts weekly.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He was a staunch ____ who had unflinching faith.