'Zealot' definitions:
Definition of 'Zealot'
(from WordNet)
noun
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
noun
A fervent and even militant proponent of something [syn: partisan, zealot, drumbeater] [ant: nonpartisan, nonpartizan]
Definition of 'Zealot'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'zealot'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accepter,
- addict,
- adherent,
- aficionado,
- alien,
- believer,
- bigot,
- buff,
- bug,
- case,
- catechumen,
- character,
- Christian,
- churchgoer,
- churchite,
- churchman,
- collector,
- communicant,
- convert,
- crackpot,
- crank,
- daily communicant,
- demon,
- devotee,
- devotionalist,
- disciple,
- eager beaver,
- eccentric,
- energumen,
- enthusiast,
- extremist,
- faddist,
- fan,
- fanatic,
- fanatico,
- fiend,
- follower,
- freak,
- God-fearing man,
- good Christian,
- great one for,
- hermit,
- hobbyist,
- hobo,
- hound,
- infatuate,
- kook,
- lone wolf,
- loner,
- lunatic fringe,
- maniac,
- maverick,
- meshuggenah,
- militant,
- monomaniac,
- natural,
- neophyte,
- nonconformist,
- nut,
- odd fellow,
- oddball,
- oddity,
- original,
- outsider,
- pariah,
- partisan,
- pietist,
- proselyte,
- pursuer,
- queer duck,
- queer fish,
- queer specimen,
- radical,
- rara avis,
- receiver,
- religionist,
- rhapsodist,
- saint,
- screwball,
- sectary,
- solitary,
- sucker for,
- theist,
- tramp,
- truster,
- type,
- visionary,
- votary