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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Other Word Forms of Zealot

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

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