Zealot Definition

zĕlət
zealots
noun
zealots
One who is zealous, especially excessively so.
American Heritage
A person who is zealous, esp. to an extreme degree; fanatic.
Webster's New World
Among the ancient Jews, a member of a radical political and religious sect that openly resisted Roman rule in Palestine.
Webster's New World

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.

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Noun

Singular:
zealot
Plural:
zealots

Origin of Zealot

  • First coined in English in 1638, from Ancient Greek ζηλωτής (zÄ“lōtÄ“s, “emulator, zealous admirer, follower"), from ζῆλος (zÄ“los, “zeal, jealousy"), from ζηλόω (zÄ“loō, “to emulate, to be jealous").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English zelote from Latin zēlōtēs from Greek from zēlos zeal

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Zealot Sentence Examples

  • Jason gets a new lease on life from a religious zealot.

  • The failure of Jaureguy did not deter a young Catholic zealot, by name Balthazar Gerard, from attempting to assassinate the man whom he looked upon as the arch-enemy of God and the king.

  • There is, however, nothing about Saul/Paul as a zealot in that work.

  • This is sometimes very difficult because most multilevel businesses encourage a zealot approach to sales and claims.

  • Laud was a prodigy of parts and learning over whose tomb Art and Genius still continued to weep. Hampden deserved no more honourable name than that of the "zealot of rebellion."

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