follower

Word family  noun follower following adjective following verb follow

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++fol·low·er /ˈfɒləʊə $ ˈfɑːloʊər/ ●●○ noun [countable]  1  SUPPORT A PERSON, GROUP, OR PLANsomeone who believes in a particular system of ideas, or who supports a leader who teaches these ideas 信徒，追随者，支持者 → disciple, supporter Marx and his followers were convinced that capitalism would destroy itself. 马克思及其支持者确信资本主义将自我毁灭。follower of5the early followers of Jesus耶稣的早期信徒n followers of Sun Myung Moon, better known as Mooniesn2  someone who looks at the messages sent by a particular person using the social networking service Twitter He currently has over 5000 followers on Twitter. → camp follower

Examples from the Corpus

follower• Duke lost the governor's race, but his followers want him to run for president.• His followers all walk along with him.• A huge and devoted group of followers pay $ 39 a head to attend her motivational hotel seminars.• Some of Biko's followers resented his friendship with a white journalist.• the followers of Mahatma Gandhifollower of• The early followers of Jesus were mostly Jews.From Longman Business Dictionaryfollowerfol‧low‧er /ˈfɒləʊəˈfɑːloʊər/ noun [countable]1 (also market follower)MARKETING a company or product which is not one of the main ones in a particular market and does not have a large share of the marketThey returned to the business last fall with three laptop computers, but those machines were market followers.2MARKETINGa company or product which is technically less advanced than othersIt will take this competitor, a traditional follower behind the major brands, some time to come up with anything as good.

fol·low·er nounLDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable  

Corpus system of who someone in Business particular a believes

follower
fol‧low‧er /ˈfɒləʊə $ ˈfɑːloʊər/ noun [countable]someone who believes in a particular system of ideas, or who supports a leader who teaches these ideas ⇨ disciple, supporter:
    Marx and his followers were convinced that capitalism would destroy itself.
    follower of
    followers of Sun Myung Moon, better known as Moonies
⇨ camp follower

fol·low·erBrE /ˈfɒləʊə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfɑːloʊər/ 🔊 nouna person who supports and admires a particular person or set of ideas 拥护者；追随者；信徒◆the followers of Mahatma Gandhi圣雄甘地的拥护者a person who is very interested in a particular activity and follows all the recent news about it 爱好者◆keen followers of football足球迷◆a follower of fashion赶时髦者a person who does things after sb else has done them first 仿效者；追随者◆She is a leader, not a follower. 她是领导者，不是追随者。🔊🔊a person who chooses to regularly receive sb's messages using a microblogging service （微博客上某人的）关注者◆a celebrity with thousands of followers on Twitter一个在推特上有成千上万关注者的名人  ➡  compare followee