Follower and Lord

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

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Lord is an antonym for follower.

Nearby Words: follow, following, followed

Lord noun - A person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field.

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Follower is an antonym for lord in master topic.

Nearby Words: lordly, lordliness, lordship, lording, lorded

human	human follower	human lord
good	good follower	good lord
female	female follower	female lord
true	true follower	true lord
Other adjectives: single, main, new, major, late, former, next.

Rild-Sugata in Roger Zelazny's Lord of Light, who became a follower (or even the follower) of his original target.

Source: Hitman with a Heart
The Clive Barker film Lord of Illusions opens with the Evil Sorcerer Nix being defeated by his closest follower Philip Swan from sacrificing a female child and buried in a magical harness.

Source: Breaking Out the Boss
The trope is Played for Laughs several novels later when Jaime barges into Lord Bracken's tent unannounced, to find him screwing a Camp Follower.

Source: Interrupted Intimacy

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