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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Zealot \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.
[1913 Webster]
Zealots for the one [tradition] were in hostile array
against zealots for the other. --Sir J.
Stephen.
[1913 Webster]
In Ayrshire, Clydesdale, Nithisdale, Annandale, every
parish was visited by these turbulent zealots.
--Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Zealot
n 1: a member of an ancient Jewish sect in Judea in the first
century who fought to the death against the Romans and who
killed or persecuted Jews who collaborated with the Romans
2: a fervent and even militant proponent of something [syn:
{partisan}, {zealot}, {drumbeater}] [ant: {nonpartisan},
{nonpartizan}]
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