follower

English

Etymology

From Middle English folwer, folwere, folȝere, from Old English folgere (“follower; attendant; disciple”), equivalent to follow +‎ -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Foulger, West Frisian folger, Dutch volger, German Folger, Swedish följare.

Noun

follower (plural followers)

1. (literally) One who follows, comes after another.
2. Something that comes after another thing.
3. One who is a part of master's physical group, such as a servant or retainer.
4. One who follows mentally, adherer to the opinions, ideas or teachings of another, a movement etc.
5. An imitator, who follows another's example
6. A pursuer.
7. (Internet) A person or an account holding entity who's following someone or something (such as a company, a government agency or a celebrity page) on a social network, such as Twitter, Instagram or Facebook.
8. A machine part receiving motion from another
9. A man courting a maidservant.
10. Young cattle.
11. A metal piece placed at the top of a candle to keep the wax melting evenly.
12. (Australian rules football) Any of the three players (the ruckman, ruck rover, and rover) who usually follow the ball around the ground rather than occupying a fixed position.
13. (colloquial, dated) A debt collector.

Antonyms

• leader
• precursor

Derived terms

• followership
• nonfollower

Related terms

• following

Translations

one who follows

• Arabic: تَابِع‎‎ m (tabiʿ)

  Egyptian Arabic: تابع‎‎ m (tabiʕ), مرمطون‎‎ m (marmaṭoon)

• Bulgarian: последовател (bg) m (posledovatel)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 关注者

• Danish: efterfølger c
• Dutch: volger (nl) m, navolger (nl) m
• Finnish: seuraaja (fi)
• Galician: seguidor m
• Georgian: მიმყოლი (mimq̇oli)

• German: Nachfolger (de) m, Nachfolgerin f
• Greek: ακόλουθος (el) m (akólouthos)

  Ancient Greek: ἀκόλουθος m (akólouthos)

• Hungarian: követő (hu)
• Portuguese: seguidor (pt) m
• Russian: после́дователь (ru) m (poslédovatelʹ), после́довательница (ru) f (poslédovatelʹnica)
• Spanish: seguidor (es) m
• Swahili: wafauasi (sw)
• Swedish: följare c, följeslagare (sv) c
• Tagalog: tagasunod

thing that comes after another thing

• Danish: efterfølger c
• Dutch: volgende (nl) m, n
• Finnish: seuraaja (fi)
• Greek: ακόλουθο (el) n (akóloutho)

• Portuguese: sequência (pt) f
• Swahili: wafauasi (sw)
• Swedish: efterföljare (sv) c, efterträdare (sv) c

one who is a part of a master's physical group, such as a servant or retainer

• Bulgarian: придружител (bg) m (pridružitel)
• Danish: ledsager c, følgesvend c
• Dutch: gevolgsman m
• Finnish: seuraaja (fi)

• Greek: ακόλουθος (el) m (akólouthos)
• Maori: kaitautāwhi
• Portuguese: seguidor (pt) m
• Swahili: wafauasi (sw)

one who adheres to the opinions, ideas or teachings of another

• Bulgarian: последовател (bg) m (posledovatel)
• Danish: tilhænger c, medløber c, eftersnakker c
• Dutch: volgeling (nl) m, discipel (nl) m
• Finnish: kannattaja (fi)
• French: disciple (fr) m
• Georgian: მომხრე (momxre)
• German: Anhänger (de) m
• Greek: ακόλουθος (el) m (akólouthos), οπαδός (el) m (opadós)

• Maore Comorian: mutru class 1/2
• Maori: kaitautāwhi, wheao
• Polish: wyznawca (pl) m
• Portuguese: seguidor (pt) m
• Russian: сторо́нник (ru) m (storónnik)
• Swahili: wafauasi (sw)
• Swedish: anhängare (sv) c
• Tagalog: tagasunod

imitator

• Dutch: imitator (nl) m, navolger (nl) m
• Spanish: imitador (es)

• Swahili: wafauasi (sw)

pursuer

• Bulgarian: преследвач m (presledvač)
• Danish: forfølger c
• Spanish: seguidor (es) m

• Swahili: wafauasi (sw)
• Swedish: förföljare (sv) c

social media consumer

• Arabic: مُتَابِع‎‎ m (mutābiʿ)
• French: follower (fr) m

• Swedish: följare c

man courting a maidservant

• Swahili: wafauasi (sw)

young cattle

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} poursuivant (fr) m, ^{(please verify)} suivant (fr) m, suiveur (fr) m

Anagrams

• fowl-lore, refollow

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French

Etymology

From English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔ.lɔ.wœʁ/

Noun

follower m (plural followers)

1. (Internet) follower (on Twitter and similar sites)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔ.lɔ.we/

Verb

follower

1. (Internet) To follow (on Twitter and similar sites)

Conjugation

  Conjugation of follower (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		follower			avoir followé
gerund		en followant			en ayant followé
present participle		followant /fɔ.lɔ.wɑ̃/
past participle		followé /fɔ.lɔ.we/
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	followe /fɔ.lɔw/	followes /fɔ.lɔw/	followe /fɔ.lɔw/	followons /fɔ.lɔ.wɔ̃/	followez /fɔ.lɔ.we/	followent /fɔ.lɔw/
	imperfect	followais /fɔ.lɔ.wɛ/	followais /fɔ.lɔ.wɛ/	followait /fɔ.lɔ.wɛ/	followions /fɔ.lɔ.wjɔ̃/	followiez /fɔ.lɔ.wje/	followaient /fɔ.lɔ.wɛ/
	past historic1	followai /fɔ.lɔ.we/	followas /fɔ.lɔ.wa/	followa /fɔ.lɔ.wa/	followâmes /fɔ.lɔ.wam/	followâtes /fɔ.lɔ.wat/	followèrent /fɔ.lɔ.wɛʁ/
	future	followerai /fɔ.lɔw.ʁe/	followeras /fɔ.lɔw.ʁa/	followera /fɔ.lɔw.ʁa/	followerons /fɔ.lɔw.ʁɔ̃/	followerez /fɔ.lɔw.ʁe/	followeront /fɔ.lɔw.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	followerais /fɔ.lɔw.ʁɛ/	followerais /fɔ.lɔw.ʁɛ/	followerait /fɔ.lɔw.ʁɛ/	followerions /fɔ.lɔ.wə.ʁjɔ̃/	followeriez /fɔ.lɔ.wə.ʁje/	followeraient /fɔ.lɔw.ʁɛ/
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	followe /fɔ.lɔw/	followes /fɔ.lɔw/	followe /fɔ.lɔw/	followions /fɔ.lɔ.wjɔ̃/	followiez /fɔ.lɔ.wje/	followent /fɔ.lɔw/
	imperfect1	followasse /fɔ.lɔ.was/	followasses /fɔ.lɔ.was/	followât /fɔ.lɔ.wa/	followassions /fɔ.lɔ.wa.sjɔ̃/	followassiez /fɔ.lɔ.wa.sje/	followassent /fɔ.lɔ.was/
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	followe /fɔ.lɔw/	—	followons /fɔ.lɔ.wɔ̃/	followez /fɔ.lɔ.we/	—
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