Partisan
Partisan noun - One who follows the opinions or teachings of another.
Usage example: partisans of the charismatic leader refuse to tolerate any criticism of him at all
Scholar and partisan are semantically related in follower topic. In some cases you can use "Scholar" instead a noun "Partisan".
Nearby Word: partisanship
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- As scholar Judith Fetterley observed, the people of Jefferson are in turns "curious, jealous, spiteful, pitying, partisan, proud, disapproving, and admiring" of Emily.
Source: Literature / A Rose for Emily
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