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Undistinguished follower
Answer for the clue "Undistinguished follower ", 7 letters:
epigone
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an inferior imitator of some distinguished writer or artist of musician [syn: epigon ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A follower or disciple.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also epigon , "undistinguished scion of mighty ancestors," (sometimes in Latin plural form epigoni ), 1865, from Greek epigonoi , in classical use with reference to the sons of the Seven who warred against Thebes; plural of epigonos "offspring, successor, ...
Usage examples of epigone.
It did not matter much that esthetics became independent, for the only art form in the West which still had a future, Western Music, paid no attention to theories and continued on its grand creative course to its end in Wagner and his epigones.
In 1924, the epigones disinterred the letter from the archives and flung it at the party, three-quarters of which at that time consisted of new members.
Even if the Preservers had withdrawn their blessing from the world after the affront of the Age of Insurrection, as the divaricationists believed, it was still possible that machines, their epigones, might recognize the justice of answering a particular wish, and intercede.