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Webster 1913 Edition

Adherent

Ad-her′ent

,
Adj.
[L.
adhaerens
,
-entis
, p. pr.: cf. F.
adhérent
.]
1.
Sticking; clinging; adhering.
Pope.
2.
Attached as an attribute or circumstance.
3.
(Bot.)
Congenitally united with an organ of another kind, as calyx with ovary, or stamens with petals.

Ad-her′ent

,
Noun.
1.
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.
2.
That which adheres; an appendage.
[R.]
Milton.
Syn. – Follower; partisan; upholder; disciple; supporter; dependent; ally; backer.

Webster 1828 Edition

Adherent

ADHE'RENT

,
Adj.
Sticking, uniting, as glue or wax; united with, as an adherent mode in Locke, that is, a mode accidentally joined with an object, as wetness in a cloth.

ADHE'RENT

,
Noun.
The person who adheres; one who follows a leader, party or profession; a follower, or partisan; a believer in a particular faith or church.
In the sense of appendage. Obs.

Definition 2024

adhérent

adhérent

See also: adherent and adhèrent

French

Adjective

adhérent m ‎(feminine singular adhérente, masculine plural adhérents, feminine plural adhérentes)

  1. adherent (adhering to something)

Noun

adhérent m ‎(plural adhérents, feminine adhérente)

  1. adherent (a person who has membership in some group)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.de.ʁɑ̃/

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