zealot

  • 31zealot — zeal|ot [ˈzelət] n [Date: 1500 1600; : Late Latin; Origin: zelotes, from Greek zelos; ZEAL] someone who has extremely strong beliefs, especially religious or political beliefs, and is too eager to make other people share them ▪ religious zealots… …

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  • 32zealot — zeal|ot [ zelət ] noun count FORMAL someone who believes they are right to do whatever will help their political or religious ideas to succeed, even if it is cruel or unfair ╾ zeal|ot|ry noun uncount …

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  • 33zealot — n. 1. Fanatic, bigot. 2. Enthusiast, visionary, dreamer …

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  • 34zealot — noun (C) someone who has extremely strong beliefs, especially religious or political beliefs, and is too eager to make other people share them: religious zealots zeolotry noun (U) …

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  • 35zealot — n 1. fanatic, enthusiast, energumen; partisan, bigot, sectarian; extremist, radical. 2. devotee, votary, champion, disciple; fan, aficionado, Inf. buff, Sl. nut; addict, Inf. fiend, Sl. junkie, Sl. freak; promoter, supporter, booster, Inf. pusher …

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  • 36zealot — zeal·ot …

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  • 37Zealot —  Зелот …

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  • 38zealot — zeal•ot [[t]ˈzɛl ət[/t]] n. 1) a person who shows zeal 2) an excessively zealous person; fanatic 3) jud (cap.) a member of a radical, warlike group of Jews in Judea during the 1st century a.d., advocating the overthrow of Roman rule • Etymology:… …

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  • 39Zealot — /ˈzɛlət/ (say zeluht) noun a member of an extreme Jewish sect which opposed Roman rule in Palestine up till AD 70 …

  • 40zealot — /ˈzɛlət / (say zeluht) noun 1. someone who displays zeal. 2. someone carried away by excess of zeal. 3. a religious fanatic. {Late Latin zēlōtēs, from Greek, from zelos zeal} …