devotee

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   An ardent enthusiast or admirer.

   He was a devotee of Arnold Schwarzenegger.

2. 2
   noun

   A believer in a particular religion or god.

   devotees of Krishna

3. 3
   noun

   A person (almost exclusively a man) with a sexual attraction for people with physical disabilities, especially amputees.

   The amputee-devotee community, consisting of women with amputations and the men sexually attracted to them, has been widely discussed within the disability community.

4. 4
   noun

   an ardent follower and admirer

Etymology

From devote + -ee. The narrowed meaning in sense 3 arises from the sound similarity with amputee.