votarist

vo·ta·rist

noun \-rist\

Definition of VOTARIST

: votary

Examples of VOTARIST

1. <votarists of the literary critic seemed to have penetrated the English department of every university in the country>

First Known Use of VOTARIST

1603

Related to VOTARIST

Synonyms: acolyte, adherent, convert, disciple, epigone, liege man, partisan (also partizan), pupil, follower, votary

Antonyms: coryphaeus, leader

Related Words: apostle, missionary, proselytizer, soldier; faithful, loyalist; advocate, backer, champion, supporter; protégé, scholar, student; ideologist, ideologue (also idealogue), sectarian; admirer, cultist, devotee, enthusiast, fan, idolater (or idolator), worshipper (or worshiper), zealot; apparatchik, camp follower, flunky (also flunkey or flunkie), hanger-on, henchman, lackey, lickspittle, minion, myrmidon, satellite, stooge, sycophant, toady, yes-man

Near Antonyms: apostate, defector, renegade, traitor, turncoat

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Rhymes with VOTARIST

motorist