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adorer

adorer noun: someone who worships.

Noun

adorer (plural adorers)

  1. Someone who worships.
    • But the houre commeth, and now it is, when the true adorers shal adore the Father in spirit and veritie.1582, Gregory Martin (translator), The New Testament of Jesus Christ, Translated Faithfully into English, Reims: John Fogny, John 4.23, p. 226
    • […] I in one Night freed / From servitude inglorious welnigh half / Th’ Angelic Name, and thinner left the throng / Of his adorers […]1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC...
  2. Someone who has a deep admiration, fondness or love (of someone or something).
    • […] I profess myself her adorer, not her friend.1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
    • I vvho profeſs my ſelf an Admirer, an Adorer of Reaſon, am obliged to ovvn, that in ſome Caſes the Sharpneſs of Ridicule can do more than the Strength of Argument.1732, George Berkeley, “The Sixth Dialogue”, in Alciphron: Or, The Minute Philosopher. […], volume II, London: […] J[acob] Tonson […], →OCLC, section XXXII, page 122
    Synonyms:
    adorator, admirer

adorer meaning in Urdu

adorer in Urdu

adorer
پرستار parastār

Examples of adorer in a sentence

  • All men in the outset of the religion they profess are adorers of a God, and friends of man.1798, Thomas Paine, Atheism Refuted, London: J. Johnson, page 17:
  • When rival adorers come courting a maid, / There’s something or other may often be said, / Why he should be pitched upon rather than him. / This wasn’t the case with Old Paul and Old Tim.1871, W. S. Gilbert, “Old Paul and Old Tim”, in More “Bab” Ballads, London: Routledge, published 1892, page 164:
  • It was like one crazed adorer laying siege to Leo.2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 13, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN:

Synonyms of adorer

Forms of adorer

pluraladorers

Origin of adorer

From adore + -er.

Questions about adorer

What does adorer mean?
Adorer means someone who worships.
What is adorer in Urdu?
Adorer in Urdu is پرستار (parastār). See Adorer meaning in Urdu.
How do you use adorer in a sentence?
All men in the outset of the religion they profess are adorers of a God, and friends of man.
What part of speech is adorer?
Adorer is a noun.
What is the plural of adorer?
The plural of adorer is adorers.

Words near adorer in the dictionary

  1. adorcisms
  2. adore
  3. adoreable
  4. adored
  5. adorement
  6. adorer
  7. adorers
  8. adores
  9. adorest
  10. adoreth
  11. Adoribull

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Adapted from Wiktionary: adorer (page history and authors); پرستار (Urdu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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