About The Word Zealot
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Zealot
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What's The Definition Of Zealot?
[n] a fervent and even militant proponent of something
Synonyms | Synonyms for Zealot: partisan Related Terms | Find terms related to Zealot: See Also | advocate | advocator | bigot | doctrinaire | dogmatist | exponent | proponent Zealot In Webster's Dictionary \Zeal"ot\, n. [F. z['e]lote, L. zelotes, Gr. ?. See
{Zeal}.]
One who is zealous; one who engages warmly in any cause, and
pursues his object with earnestness and ardor; especially,
one who is overzealous, or carried away by his zeal; one
absorbed in devotion to anything; an enthusiast; a fanatical
partisan.
Zealots for the one [tradition] were in hostile array
against zealots for the other. --Sir J.
Stephen.
In Ayrshire, Clydesdale, Nithisdale, Annandale, every
parish was visited by these turbulent zealots.
--Macaulay.
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