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devotees

devotees is the plural of devotee.

Meaning of devotee

Noun

devotee (plural devotees)

  1. An ardent enthusiast or admirer.
    • He was a devotee of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
  2. A believer in a particular religion or god.
    • devotees of Krishna
  3. (slang) A person (almost exclusively a man) with a sexual attraction for people with physical disabilities, especially amputees.
    • The amputee-devotee community, consisting of women with amputations and the men sexually attracted to them, has been widely discussed within the disability community.2004, Alison Kafer, “Inseparable: Gender and disability in the amputee-devotee community”, in Gendering Disability, page 108

Questions about devotees

What is devotees the plural of?
Devotees is the plural of devotee.

Words near devotees in the dictionary

  1. devotedly
  2. devotedness
  3. devotednesses
  4. devotee
  5. devoteeism
  6. devotees
  7. devotement
  8. devotements
  9. devoter
  10. devoters
  11. devotes

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