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From Middle English wirshiper, worchyppar, worscheper, worschepour, worschiper, worschippar, worshipore; equivalent to worship + -er.
worshipper (plural worshippers)
- A person who worships, especially at a place of assembly for religious services.
The temple was filled with worshippers.
2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:Sadly, the ever-eager Reverend Judith had not been able to conjure up many worshippers, even though it was Father’s Day. There was just one old dear sitting halfway back, her faulty hearing aid letting off a high-pitched whistle.
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person who worships
- Arabic: عَابِد m (ʕābid)
- Bulgarian: богомолец m (bogomolec)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
- Esperanto: adoranto
- Finnish: palvoja (fi); jumalanpalvelukseen osallistuva (participant in a Christian ceremony); kirkkokansa (collectively)
- French: fidèle (fr) m or f (in established religion), adorateur (fr) m (in nonestablished religion), adoratrice (fr) f
- German: Anbeter (de) m, Anbeterin (de) f
- Greek: λάτρης (el) m (látris), λάτρισσα (el) f (látrissa)
- Hungarian: imádó (hu)
- Irish: adhraitheoir m
- Italian: adoratore (it) m, veneratore (it) m, devoto (it) m, fedele (it) m or f
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: پەرست (persit)
- Latin: cultor m (figuratively), cultrīx f, sacricola m, adorator m, adoratrix f
- Maori: kaikoropiko
- Plautdietsch: Aunbäda m
- Polish: czciciel (pl) m, wyznawca (pl) m
- Portuguese: adorador (pt) m
- Russian: почита́тель (ru) m (počitátelʹ), почита́тельница (ru) f (počitátelʹnica), покло́нник (ru) m (poklónnik), покло́нница (ru) f (poklónnica)
- Spanish: adorador (es) m, devoto (es) m, fiel (es) m or f
- Ukrainian: покло́нник m (poklónnyk), покло́нниця f (poklónnycja)
- Urdu: عابد (ur) (ābid), پرستار (parastār)
- Volapük: (♂♀) leplekan (vo), (♂) hileplekan, (♀) jileplekan
- Welsh: addolwr (cy) m
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