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follower (iou)



follower noun. OE.
[from FOLLOW verb + -ER1.]
a. An attendant, a servant, a companion. OE.
F. Fergusson He meets an old man with his servants..and kills him and all his followers.
b. An adherent, a disciple; a person who follows an example, rule of conduct, etc. ME.
c. An admirer; esp. a man courting a maidservant who calls at the house to see her. arch. M19.
a. A thing that comes after or succeeds something else. rare. LME.
b. A person who goes or comes after a person or object in motion; a pursuer. L16.
Shakespeare 3 Henry VI Ah hark! The fatal followers do pursue.
A young cow, horse, or hen. Chiefly Scot. & north. LME.
A mechanical part whose motion or action is derived from that of another part to which force is applied; spec. (a) a block or plate through which the pressure of a press, pile-driver, etc., is applied; (b) a wheel etc. deriving its motion from a driving-wheel, cam, etc. L17.