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ad⋅her⋅ent

  [ad-heer-uhnt, -her-]
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–noun
1. a person who follows or upholds a leader, cause, etc.; supporter; follower.
–adjective
2. sticking; clinging; adhering: an adherent substance.
3. bound by contract or other formal agreement: the nations adherent to the Geneva Convention.
4. Biology. adnate.
5. Grammar. standing before and modifying a noun; attributive.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < ML adhērent- for L adhaerent- (s. of adhaerēns, prp. of adhaerēre). See adhere, -ent

Related forms:
ad⋅her⋅ent⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. disciple, devotee, fan. See follower.
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ad·her·ent   (ād-hîr'ənt, -hěr'-)   
n.  A supporter, as of a cause or individual: a vote that pleased adherents of education reform.
adj.  
  1. Sticking or holding fast.
  2. Botany Joined but not united. Used of dissimilar parts or organs.
ad·her'ent·ly adv.
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Adherent

Ad*her"ent\, a. [L. adhaerens, -entis, p. pr.: cf. F. adh['e]rent.]

1. Sticking; clinging; adhering. --Pope.

2. Attached as an attribute or circumstance.

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

Adherent

Ad*her"ent\, n. 1. 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.

2. That which adheres; an appendage. [R.] --Milton.

Syn: Follower; partisan; upholder; disciple; supporter; dependent; ally; backer.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : adherent
Spanish: partidario,
German: der, *die Anhänger(in),
Japanese: 信奉者
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adherent  (adj.)
c.1400, from L. adhærentem, prp. of adhærere "stick to," from ad- "to" + hærere "to stick" (see hesitation). The noun meaning "one who adheres" is from c.1460; that of "adhesive substance" is from 1912. Adhere (v.) is from 1597; the earliest recorded sense is the fig. one of "to cleave to a person or party." Adhesive is first attested 1670.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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