devotern.
/dɪˈvəʊtə/ΘΚΠ
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friend of GodOE
sergeantc1290
servantc1300
Christian?1535
devoto1605
devotive1608
devout1616
devote1630
devoter1634
devotist1641
devotary1646
devotor1648
volunteer1649
devotionist1651
devotionary1660
devoteea1684
devotionalist1736
devotionair1742
devotioner1883
Stiggins1916
1599 E. Sandys Europæ Speculum (1632) 4 Where one doth professe himselfe a Devoto or peculiar servant of our Lord; whole Towne..are the Devoti of our Ladie.]
1634 M. Sandys Prudence 196 [Quoting 1599 quot.] Where one doth professe himselfe a Devoter, or peculiar Servant of our Lord, whole Townes..are Devoters of our Lady.
2. One who devotes.
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1828 in N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. ; and in later Dicts.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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