devoter
(dɪˈvəʊtə(r))
[f. devote v. + -er1.]
† 1. A votary, a devotee. (Cf. devotress.) Obs. rare.
| [1599 Sandys Europæ Spec. (1632) 4 Where one doth professe himselfe a Devoto or peculiar servant of our Lord; whole Townes..are the Devoti of our Ladie.] 1634 Sir M. Sandys Ess. 196 [Quoting the above] Where one doth professe himselfe a Devoter, or peculiar Servant of our Lord, whole Towns..are Devoters of our Lady. |
2. One who devotes.
| 1828 in Webster; and in later Dicts. |