Other forms: zealots
A zealot is somebody fanatically committed to a cause. A religious zealot, political zealots, dismissed as a zealot.
It is always hostile, and the difference from an enthusiast is the refusal to hear anything against the cause. The word comes from the Zealots, a first-century Jewish faction that resisted Roman rule.
1nounzealotSomebody fanatically committed to a cause.
“He became a health zealot, lecturing everyone about sugar at every meal.”
zealot is a fanatic.
From the Zealots, a first-century Jewish faction, through Greek zelotes, an ardent follower.
Middle English
zelote
English, today
zealot
Initially only found as Middle English zelote, an epithet of [[w:Simon the
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