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devotee

noun
/ˌdɛv.əˈtiː/

Etymology

From devote + -ee. The narrowed meaning in sense 3 arises from the sound similarity with amputee.

  1. derived from dēvoveō — “dedicate by a vow, sacrifice oneself, promise solemnly”
  2. borrowed from dēvōtus
  3. formed as devotee — “devote + -ee”

Definitions

  1. An ardent enthusiast or admirer.

    • He was a devotee of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
    • a devotee of classical music
    • 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.

  2. A believer in a particular religion or god.

    • devotees of Krishna
    • devotees thronged the temple
    • 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.

  3. A person (almost exclusively a man) with a sexual attraction for people with physical…

    A person (almost exclusively a man) with a sexual attraction for people with physical disabilities, especially amputees.

    • The amputee-devotee community, consisting of women with amputations and the men sexually attracted to them, has been widely discussed within the disability community.
    • 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.

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Derived

devoteeism

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA