adorer

Etymology

From adore + -er.

noun

1. Someone who adores.
   1. Someone who worships.
      1582, Gregory Martin (translator), The New Testament of Jesus Christ, Translated Faithfully into English, Reims: John Fogny, John 4.23, p. 226, But the houre commeth, and now it is, when the true adorers shal adore the Father in spirit and veritie.
      All men in the outset of the religion they profess are adorers of a God, and friends of man. 1798, Thomas Paine, Atheism Refuted, London: J. Johnson, page 17
   2. Someone who has a deep admiration, fondness or love (of someone or something).
      I who profess my self an Admirer, an Adorer of Reason, am obliged to own, that in some Cases the Sharpness of Ridicule can do more than the Strength of Argument. 1732, George Berkeley, Alciphron, Dublin: G. Risk, et al, Volume 2, Dialogue 6, Chapter 32, p. 83
      When rival adorers come courting a maid, There’s something or other may often be said, Why he should be pitched upon rather than him. 1871, W. S. Gilbert, “Old Paul and Old Tim”, in More “Bab” Ballads, London: Routledge, published 1892, page 164