noun Informal.
- a young person, especially a teenage girl, who is an ardent admirer of rock musicians and may follow them on tour.
- an ardent fan of a celebrity or of a particular activity: a tennis groupie.
noun slang
- an ardent fan of a celebrity, esp a pop star: originally, often a girl who followed the members of a pop group on tour in order to have sexual relations with them
- an enthusiastic follower of some activitya political groupie
“girl who follows pop groups,” 1967, from group (n.) in the pop music sense + -ie.