Follower
Noun
しんと
トーフグの信徒数は一万人をこえました。
The number of Tofugu believers exceeded 10,000.
かん国ではキリスト教の信徒の方が仏教の信徒よりも多いって知っていましたか。
Did you know Korea has more Christian followers than Buddhist followers?
私の祖父は、オウム真理教の敬虔な信徒でした。
My grandfather was a devout follower of the Aum Shinrikyo religious cult.
A junior believer is a believer or follower. They certainly aren't the leader or anything because of their junior status, but at least they're there, and at least they're believing. Oh, and excuse me, may I take a moment of your time? I'd like to tell you about the glory that is the Crabigator....
This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.