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Zealot - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Zealot : (noun)
1: 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 [syn: Zealot]
2: a fervent and even militant proponent of something [syn: partisan,
drumbeater]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Zealots for the one [tradition] were in hostile array
against zealots for the other. --Sir J.
Stephen.
In Ayrshire, Clydesdale, Nithisdale, Annandale, every
parish was visited by these turbulent zealots.
--Macaulay.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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