The MacArthur Fellowship is an award issued by the MacArthur Foundation[?]. It is awarded each year to typically 20-40 citizens or residents of the USA.
Recipients must "show exceptional merit and promise for continued and enhanced creative work". As of 2002 the award consists of quarterly payments for five years totalling $500,000.
... of meaning. At its simplest, it refers to an adherent of a monarch or royal family.
Of the more specific uses of the term, the most common include:
1. A supporter ...