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devoto

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • /dɪˈvəʊtəʊ/
  • CMU ARPABET: D IH0 V OW1 T OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A devotee.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1697-1698, John Scott, Practical Discourses upon Several Subjects And this hath been commonly experimented by the Devoto's of all Religions; for even among the devouter Tarks and Heathens we may find as notorious Instances of those Incomes and Enlargements

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian devoto.