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acolyte

Definition

  • noun: someone who follows and admires a leader
  • noun: one who assists a member of the clergy in a liturgical service by performing minor duties
  • synonyms: bible clerk, bible reader, acolytus

Examples

  • a popular professor dining with a few of her 'acolytes'

Movie quotes

  • (..) Who the hell have you got there? – The Wilson-Lowe Gang. – Who the hell is the Wilson-Lowe Gang? – Bad Chuck Wilson and meaner Bobby Lowe, and three of their acolytes. – Huh. Well just leave 'em out here, they ain't goin' nowhere. Why don't ya come on in outta the snowy snow and (..)
    2012 Django Unchained