Inherited from Middle English wirshiper , worchyppar , worscheper , worschepour , worschiper , worschippar , worshipore ; equivalent to worship + -er .
worshipper (plural worshippers )
A person who worships , especially at a place of assembly for religious services .
The temple was filled with worshippers .
2017 , David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad , London: HarperCollins Children’s Books , →ISBN :Sadly, the ever-eager Reverend Judith had not been able to conjure up many worshippers , even though it was Father’s Day. There was just one old dear sitting halfway back, her faulty hearing aid letting off a high-pitched whistle.
person who worships
Arabic: عَابِد m ( ʕābid )
Bulgarian: богомолец m ( bogomolec )
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Esperanto: adoranto , adorantino ( female )
Finnish: palvoja (fi) ; jumalanpalvelukseen osallistuva ( participant in a Christian ceremony ) ; kirkkokansa ( collectively )
French: fidèle (fr) m or f ( in established religion ) , adorateur (fr) m ( in nonestablished religion ) , adoratrice (fr) f ( in nonestablished religion )
German: Anbeter (de) m , Anbeterin (de) f
Greek: λάτρης (el) m ( látris ) , λάτρισσα (el) f ( látrissa )
Hungarian: imádó (hu)
Irish: adhraitheoir m , adhróir m
Italian: adoratore (it) m , adoratrice f , veneratore (it) m , veneratrice f , devoto (it) m , devota (it) f , fedele (it) m or f
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: پەرست ( persit )
Latin: cultor m ( figuratively ) , cultrīx f ( figuratively ) , sacricola m , adōrātor m , adōrātrīx f
Maori: kaikoropiko
Plautdietsch: Aunbäda m
Polish: czciciel (pl) m , czcicielka (pl) f , wyznawca (pl) m , wyznawczyni (pl) f
Portuguese: adorador (pt) m , adoradora f , devoto (pt) m , devota (pt) f
Russian: почита́тель (ru) m ( počitátelʹ ) , почита́тельница (ru) f ( počitátelʹnica ) , покло́нник (ru) m ( poklónnik ) , покло́нница (ru) f ( poklónnica )
Spanish: adorador (es) m , adoradora (es) f , devoto (es) m , devota (es) f , fiel (es) m or f
Ukrainian: покло́нник m ( poklónnyk ) , покло́нниця f ( poklónnycja )
Urdu: عابد (ur) ( ābid ) , پرستار ( parastār )
Volapük: leplekan (vo) , hileplekan ( male ) , jileplekan ( female )
Welsh: addolwr (cy) m