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Also known as fanatic, enthusiast, aficionado, supporter, fans, devotee, fan of something
person who is enthusiastically devoted to something or someone
A fan is a person who is enthusiastically devoted to something or someone, such as a sports team, musician, or movie. Fans matter because their passionate support and engagement help sustain and grow the popularity of the things they love, whether through attendance, purchases, or word-of-mouth promotion.
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Encyclopedic overview
Fans at a recital in Buenos Aires, Argentina A fan or fanatic, sometimes also termed an aficionado or enthusiast, is a person who exhibits strong interest or admiration for something or somebody, such as a celebrity, a sport, a sports team, a genre, a politician, a book, a television show, a movie, a video game or an entertainer. Collectively, the fans of a particular object or person constitute its fanbase or fandom. They may show their enthusiasm in a variety of ways, such as by promoting the object of their interest, being members of a related fan club, holding or participating in fan conventions or writing fan mail. They may also engage in creative activities ("fan labor") such as creating fanzines, writing fan fiction, making memes, drawing fan art, or developing fan games. Some excessively avid fans are called "stans".
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “fan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.