fan club

noun

1. a club enthusiastically devoted to a movie star or other celebrity or to a sports team.

fan club

noun

1. an organized group of admirers of a particular pop singer, film star, etc
2. be a member of someone's fan club informal.
   to approve of someone strongly

Word History and Origins

Origin of fan club¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

A presale for Linkin Park’s LP Underground fan club begins Nov. 18.

From Los Angeles Times

A colleague from the “Shohei Ohtani Hometown Cheering Team,” the city’s fan club that Toriumi leads, took the stage to rehearse several chants with the crowd: “Let’s go Shohei!”

From Los Angeles Times

Ivan Quiros, co-founder of official Girona fan club, Penya Jandrista GFC, first attended games at the Estadi Montilivi in the late 1980s when the side were in the Spanish third division.

From BBC

Phillips molds Harley into an adoring member of the Joker fan club and nothing else.

From Salon

A centerpiece of the 2½-hour tour — open only to members of the Disney fan club D23, including those with a free membership — is the meticulous restoration of Disney’s five-room office suite.

From Los Angeles Times