adherent
noun /ədˈhɪərənt/
/ədˈhɪrənt/
(formal)- a person who supports a particular set of ideas
（政党、思想的）拥护者，追随者，信徒 - The movement has many enthusiastic adherents.
这个运动有许多热心的追随者。 - We should not show animosity to adherents of other faiths.
我们不应该对其他信仰的信徒表现出敌意。 - adherent to something Prescriptive grammarians are seen as blind adherents to outdated norms of formal usage.
规定性语法学家被视为过时的形式用法规范的盲目追随者。
词源late Middle English: from Old French adherent, from Latin adhaerent- ‘sticking to’, from the verb adhaerere , from ad- ‘to’ + haerere ‘to stick’. - The movement has many enthusiastic adherents.