Acolyte and Follower

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Acolyte noun - One who follows the opinions or teachings of another.

Usage example: a highly influential economist whose acolytes can be found at many major universities

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Follower is a synonym for acolyte in attendant topic. In some cases you can use "Follower" instead a noun "Acolyte".

Follower noun - One who follows the opinions or teachings of another.

Usage example: the followers of Gandhi have spread his philosophy of nonviolence all over the world

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Acolyte is a synonym for follower. You can use "Acolyte" instead a noun "Follower".

Nearby Words: follow, following, followed

female	female acolyte	female follower
single	single acolyte	single follower
loyal	loyal acolyte	loyal follower
zealous	zealous acolyte	zealous follower
Other adjectives: male, new, former, youngest.

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