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noun a person who accepts the leadership of another
noun someone who travels behind or pursues another
originFrom Middle English folwer, folwere, folewer, from Old English folgere (“follower; attendant; disciple”), equivalent to follow + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Foulger, West Frisian folger, Dutch volger, German Folger, Swedish följare.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0