FromMiddle English folwer folwere folewer Old English folgere ( “ follower; attendant; disciple ” ) , equivalent tofollow -er Saterland Frisian Foulger West Frisian folger Dutch volger German Folger Swedish följare
follower (plural followers
( literally ) follows , comes after another.Something that comes after another thing. One who is a part ofmaster 's physical group, such as aservant orretainer . One who follows mentally,adherer to the opinions, ideas or teachings of another, a movement etc.Synonyms: adherent disciple Animitator , who follows another'sexample . Apursuer . ( social media ) account holder whosubscribes to seecontent from another account on asocial media platform.Coordinate term: followee I have over 50followers on Twitter, but all my tweets only get 10 likes.
2012 Dreamchasers 2 , performed byMeek Mill ft.Drake :Talking bout these other rappers getting old is even getting old / Worrying about yourfollowers , you need to get your dollars up
A machine part receiving motion from another. Atappet . A man courting amaidservant ; asuitor . Youngcattle . A metal piece placed at the top of a candle to keep the wax melting evenly. ( Australian rules football ) ruckman ,ruck rover , androver ) who usually follow the ball around the ground rather than occupying a fixed position.( colloquial , dated ) debt collector .( locksmithing ) one who follows
Afrikaans:volgger Albanian:ithtar (sq) Arabic:تَابِع m ( tābiʕ ) Egyptian Arabic:تابع m ( tābiʕ ) ,مرمطون m ( marmaṭūn ) Belarusian:паслядо́ўнік m ( pasljadównik ) ,паслядо́ўніца f ( pasljadównica ) Bulgarian:после́довател (bg) m ( poslédovatel ) Catalan:seguidor (ca) m Chinese:Mandarin:追隨者 / 追随者 (zh) ( zhuīsuízhě ) Danish:efterfølger (da) c Dutch:volger (nl) m navolger (nl) m Finnish:seuraaja (fi) Galician:seguidor m Georgian:მიმყოლი ( mimq̇oli ) German:Nachfolger (de) m Nachfolgerin (de) f Greek:ακόλουθος (el) m ( akólouthos ) Ancient Greek:ἀκόλουθος m ( akólouthos ) Guarani:Paraguayan Guarani:(pleaseverify ) tembiguái Hindi:अनुयायी (hi) m ( anuyāyī ) ,अनुगामी (hi) m ( anugāmī ) Hungarian:követő (hu) Japanese:支持者 (ja) ( しじしゃ, shijisha ) Korean:추종자(追從者) ( chujongja ) ,신봉자(信奉者) ( sinbongja ) ,지지자(支持者) ( jijija ) Latin:sectātor m Macedonian:сле́дач m ( slédač ) Norn:efterman Old English:folgere m Portuguese:seguidor (pt) m Russian:после́дователь (ru) m ( poslédovatelʹ ) ,после́довательница (ru) f ( poslédovatelʹnica ) Spanish:seguidor (es) m Swahili:mfuasi (sw) Swedish:följare (sv) c följeslagare (sv) c Tagalog:tagasunod Turkish:takipçi (tr) Ukrainian:послідо́вник (uk) m ( poslidóvnyk ) ,послідо́вниця f ( poslidóvnycja )
thing that comes after another thing
one who is a part of a master's physical group, such as a servant or retainer
one who adheres to the opinions, ideas or teachings of another
Albanian:ithtar (sq) Bulgarian:после́довател (bg) m ( poslédovatel ) Comorian:Maore Comorian:mutru class1/ 2 Danish:tilhænger c medløber c eftersnakker c Dutch:volgeling (nl) m discipel (nl) m Finnish:kannattaja (fi) French:disciple (fr) m Georgian:მომხრე ( momxre ) German:Anhänger (de) m Gothic:𐍃𐌹𐍀𐍉𐌽𐌴𐌹𐍃 m ( sipōneis ) ,𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰 m ( galaista ) Greek:ακόλουθος (el) m ( akólouthos ) ,οπαδός (el) m ( opadós ) Guarani:Paraguayan Guarani:(pleaseverify ) tembiguái Latin:sectātor m Macedonian:сле́дбеник m ( slédbenik ) ,привр́заник m ( privŕzanik ) Māori:kaitautāwhi wheao Middle English:servaunt folwere Polish:wyznawca (pl) m Portuguese:seguidor (pt) m seguidora f Russian:сторо́нник (ru) m ( storónnik ) ,сторо́нница (ru) f ( storónnica ) ,после́дователь (ru) m ( poslédovatelʹ ) ,после́довательница (ru) f ( poslédovatelʹnica ) Spanish:seguidor (es) m seguidora (es) f Swahili:mfuasi (sw) Swedish:anhängare (sv) c Tagalog:tagasunod Ukrainian:послідо́вник (uk) m ( poslidóvnyk ) ,послідо́вниця f ( poslidóvnycja )
internet: social media consumer
Arabic:مُتَابِع m ( mutābiʕ ) Armenian:please add this translation if you can Chinese:Mandarin:粉絲 / 粉丝 (zh) ( fěnsī ) Finnish:seuraaja (fi) French:follower (fr) m abonné (fr) m abonnée (fr) f Galician:seguidor m seguidora f German:Follower (de) m Greek:please add this translation if you can Hebrew:עוֹקֵב (he) m ( 'oqév ) Italian:follower (it) ( loanword ) ,seguace (it) ,seguitore Japanese:フォロワー (ja) ( forowā ) Korean:팔로워 ( pallowo ) Macedonian:сле́дбеник m ( slédbenik ) Portuguese:seguidor (pt) m seguidora f Russian:подпи́счик (ru) m ( podpísčik ) ,подпи́счица (ru) f ( podpísčica ) ,фо́лловер (ru) m ( fóllover ) ( neologism ) ,фолло́вер (ru) m ( follóver ) ( neologism ) Serbo-Croatian:pratitelj (sh) Spanish:seguidor (es) m seguidora (es) f Swahili:mfuasi (sw) Swedish:följare (sv) c
man courting a maidservant
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Borrowed fromEnglish follower
follower m plural followers
( social media ) follower Synonym: abonné 2025 Le Monde diplomatique →ISSN 21 :M. Macron avec ses 4,5 millions de « followers » sur Instagram peut presque revendiquer — dans ce franglais qu'il affectionne — le titre de « big boss » des influenceurs français. (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation) follower
( social media ) follow Synonym: follow infinitive simple follower compound avoir present participle orgerund 1 simple followant /fɔ.lɔ.wɑ̃/ compound ayant 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 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 historic 2 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 present perfect present indicative ofavoir pluperfect imperfect indicative ofavoir past anterior 2 past historic ofavoir future perfect future ofavoir conditional perfect conditional ofavoir subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles (simple present followe /fɔ.lɔw/ followes /fɔ.lɔw/ followe /fɔ.lɔw/ followions /fɔ.lɔ.wjɔ̃/ followiez /fɔ.lɔ.wje/ followent /fɔ.lɔw/ imperfect 2 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 past present subjunctive ofavoir pluperfect 2 imperfect subjunctive ofavoir imperative – tu – nous vous – simple — followe /fɔ.lɔw/ — followons /fɔ.lɔ.wɔ̃/ followez /fɔ.lɔ.we/ — compound — simple imperative ofavoir — simple imperative ofavoir simple imperative ofavoir — 1 The French gerund is usable only with the prepositionen 2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995],Master the Basics: French , pp.77 ,78 ,79 ,81 ).
