The Only Use of
adherent
in
Middlemarch
- Dr. Sprague, the rugged and weighty, was, as every one had foreseen, an adherent of Mr. Farebrother.†
Chpt 2
Definitions:
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(1)
(adherent) someone who holds to and spreads a belief or doctrine
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, adherent can denote something that is sticky such as glue.