adherent

Etymology

From Middle English adherent, from Old French adherent, from Latin adhaerēns, present participle of adhaereō (“to stick to, cling”).

adj

  1. Adhesive, sticking to something.
    Close to the cliff with both his hands he clung And stuck adherent, and suspended hung. 1738, Alexander Pope, Imitations of Horace, Book II, Epistle II
  2. Having the quality of clinging or sticking fast to something.
  3. (botany) Attaching or pressing against a different organ.

noun

  1. A person who has membership in some group, association or religion.

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