zealot

Etymology
Initially only found as, an epithet of Simon the Zealot, acquiring its current senses in the 16th and 17th centuries. The Middle English derives from, from , from , from.

Noun

 * 1) 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.
 * 2)  A member of a radical, warlike, ardently patriotic group of Jews in Judea, particularly prominent in the first century, who advocated the violent overthrow of Roman rule and vigorously resisted the efforts of the Romans and their supporters to convert the Jews.
 * 3)  A member of an anti-aristocratic political group in Thessalonica from 1342 until 1350.
 * 1)  A member of an anti-aristocratic political group in Thessalonica from 1342 until 1350.

Quotations

 * 1892: Yet Brahmans rule Benares still, / Buddh-Gaya's ruins pit the hill, / And beef-fed zealots threaten ill / To Buddha and Kamakura. &mdash; Rudyard Kipling, Buddha at Kamakura

Translations

 * Arabic: غَيُور, مُتَحَمِّس, مُتَعَصِّب
 * Azerbaijani: təəssübkeş
 * Belarusian: фана́тык, фанаты́чка
 * Bulgarian:, фанати́чка
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 狂熱分子
 * Czech: horlivec, fanatik, fanatička
 * Danish: fanatiker
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: zeloto, fervorulo
 * Estonian: fanaatik
 * Ewe: fanaatik
 * Finnish:, uskonkiihkoilija ; ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ფანატიკოსი, ფანატიკური მიმდევარი
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient Greek: ζηλωτής
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: कट्टरपंथी
 * Ido: zelanto, zelozo
 * Irish: díograiseoir
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 狂信者, 熱狂者
 * Korean:, 열광자(熱狂者)
 * Macedonian: фанатик
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: fanatiker
 * Nynorsk: fanatikar
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:, , ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: фана̀тик
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: ,
 * Slovene: fanatik, fanatičarka
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik: мутаассиб
 * Ukrainian: фана́тик, фанати́чка
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Yiddish: פֿאַנאַטיקער


 * Bulgarian: зилот
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 奋锐党
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient Greek: Ζηλωτής
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Polish:
 * Russian: зело́т
 * Spanish: zelota, zelote
 * Swedish:


 * Russian: