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devotee [dev-vote-tee] Noun 1. a person fanatically enthusiastic about a subject or activity 2. a zealous follower of a religion
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devotee noun 1. enthusiast, fan, supporter, follower, addict, admirer, buff (informal) fanatic, adherent, aficionado |
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And there was a resemblance in him to a devotee of a mad religion, blood-sucking, muscle-wrench- ing, bone-crushing. The visitor was Bitski, who served on various committees, frequented all the societies in Petersburg, and a passionate devotee of the new ideas and of Speranski, and a diligent Petersburg newsmonger- one of those men who choose their opinions like their clothes according to the fashion, but who for that very reason appear to be the warmest partisans. But there was a moment when he so outshone and overtopped all other divinities in my worship that I was effectively his alone, as I have been the helpless and, as it were, hypnotized devotee of three or four others of the very great. |
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