1. adherent - Noun
2. adherent - Adjective
3. adherent - Adjective Satellite
Sticking; clinging; adhering.
Attached as an attribute or circumstance.
Congenitally united with an organ of another kind, as calyx with ovary, or stamens with petals.
One who adheres; one who adheres; one who follows a leader, party, or profession; a follower, or partisan; a believer in a particular faith or church.
That which adheres; an appendage.
Source: Webster's dictionary[I am a humble adherent of]...Enlightenment Rationalist Fundamentalism. Ernest Gellner
The natural scientist must be a modern materialist, a conscious adherent of the materialism represented by Marx, i. e., he must be a dialectical materialist. Vladimir Lenin
He who does without the praise of the crowd will not deny himself an opportunity to be his own adherent. Karl Kraus
Need one comment on that fool? He is not a foreign minister but a blind adherent of Hitler. He is also personally disagreeable and vain. Joachim von Ribbentrop
A far-seeing and faithful adherent of the emperor and empire, he accomplished much for his domain by economy, love of order and wise direction of activities of his state officials. Source: Internet
As an adherent of Sulla, and the wealthiest man in Rome, and a man who hailed from a line of consuls and praetors, Crassus' political future was apparently assured. Source: Internet