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noun

Adherent n.

One who adheres; one who adheres; one who follows a leader, party, or profession; a follower, or partisan; a believer in a particular faith or church.

That which adheres; an appendage. (R.)

Synonyms: Follower; partisan; upholder; disciple; supporter; dependent; ally; backer.

adjective

Adherent adj.

Sticking; clinging; adhering.

Attached as an attribute or circumstance.

(Bot.) Congenitally united with an organ of another kind, as calyx with ovary, or stamens with petals.

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Etymology of 'Adherent'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Adherent" Quotes from Famous Books

... lacking definiteness or distinctness of color or sound, as said of written characters, voices, or musical notes. A person may be faint when physically wearied, or when overcome with fear; he may be a faint adherent because naturally feeble or purposeless, or because half-hearted in the cause; he may be a faltering supporter because naturally irresolute or because faint-hearted and timid in view of perils that threaten, ...

— English Synonyms and Antonyms - With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions • James Champlin Fernald

... "Drunken?" answered his trusty adherent, "and is this the story?—why, how could I but drink your lordship's health on my bare knees, when Master Jenkin began it to me?—hang them that would not—I would have cut the impudent knave's hams with my broadsword, that should make scruple of it, ...

— The Fortunes of Nigel • Sir Walter Scott

... particular test. But he is indebted to a bird for indicating the lady's residence; a glow-worm places itself at her chamber door; and a fly shows him which of a number of dishes set before him he must not uncover. M. Cosquin, who is an adherent of the Buddhist hypothesis, in relating this instance, is compelled expressly to say that "one does not see why" these animals should render such services. Neither, on M. Cosquin's principle, can one see why, in the ...

— The Science of Fairy Tales - An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology • Edwin Sidney Hartland

... brother would have been his adherent! But he saw almost nothing of Tom. Day after day he missed him, he was off before him in going and returning from school, and when he caught a sight of his face, it looked harassed, pale, and miserable, stealing ...

— The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations • Charlotte Yonge

... harp part very well, and I asked him to write to you about the performance. Pohl is a zealous and warm adherent of yours. ...

— Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt, Volume 2 • Francis Hueffer (translator)

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