Zealot

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈzɛlət/ (plural /ˈzɛləts/)

Noun

zealot (plural zealots)

  1. one who is zealous, one who is full of zeal for his own specific beliefs or objectives, usually in the negative sense of being too passionate; a fanatic
  2. a member of the Zealot movement

Quotations

  • 1733: For modes of faith, let graceless zealots fight; / His can't be wrong whose life is in the right — Alexander Pope, Essay on Man, Epistle III, 1733pl:zealot

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