01 n. One who is zealous; one who engages warmly in any cause, and pursues his object with earnestness and ardor; especially, one who is overzeal…
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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.