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ZEALOT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fervent and even militant proponent of something
Synonyms:
drumbeater; partisan; zealot
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("zealot" is a kind of...):
advocate; advocator; exponent; proponent (a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "zealot"):
bigot (a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own)
doctrinaire; dogmatist (a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions)
Sense 2
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Zealot" is a kind of...):
Hebrew; Israelite; Jew (a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties)
