Definition: (noun) One who embraces and assists in spreading the teachings of another.
Synonyms: adherent.
Usage: An avowed disciple of Jonson and his classicism and a greater poet than Fletcher is Robert Herrick, who, indeed, after Shakespeare and Milton, is the finest lyric poet of these two centuries.
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