follower
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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.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɒləʊə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
follower (plural followers)
- (literally) One who follows, comes after another.
- Something that comes after another thing.
- One who is a part of master's physical group, such as a servant or retainer.
- One who follows mentally, adherer to the opinions, ideas or teachings of another, a movement etc.
- An imitator, who follows another's example.
- A pursuer.
- (social media) An account holder who subscribes to see content from another account on a social media platform.
- Coordinate term: followee
- I have over 50 followers on Twitter, but all my tweets only get 10 likes.
- A machine part receiving motion from another.
- A man courting a maidservant; suitor.
- Young cattle.
- A metal piece placed at the top of a candle to keep the wax melting evenly.
- (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.
- (colloquial, dated) A debt collector.
- (locksmithing) A tool used to remove the core from a pin-tumbler lock without causing the driver pins and springs to fall out.
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Descendants
- → Ukrainian: фоловер (folover)
Translations
one who follows
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thing that comes after another thing
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one who is a part of a master's physical group, such as a servant or retainer
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one who adheres to the opinions, ideas or teachings of another
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pursuer
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internet: social media consumer
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man courting a maidservant
young cattle
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from English follower.
Pronunciation 1
Noun
follower m (plural followers)
Pronunciation 2
Verb
follower
Conjugation
Conjugation of follower (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | follower | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | followant /fɔ.lɔ.wɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | followé /fɔ.lɔ.we/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (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 historic2 | 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 | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | followe /fɔ.lɔw/ |
followes /fɔ.lɔw/ |
followe /fɔ.lɔw/ |
followions /fɔ.lɔ.wjɔ̃/ |
followiez /fɔ.lɔ.wje/ |
followent /fɔ.lɔw/ |
| imperfect2 | 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 | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | followe /fɔ.lɔw/ |
— | followons /fɔ.lɔ.wɔ̃/ |
followez /fɔ.lɔ.we/ |
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| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||