sun worshipper

Noun

sun worshipper (plural sun worshippers)

1. (literal) One who reveres the Sun as a deity.
   • Here Christian, or Jew, Sun-worshipper or Pagan implore their several gods unmolested.1899, Robert Barr, The Ambassador's Pigeons
   • He had fallen into the hands of descendants of the ancient sun worshippers. His seeming rescue by a votaress of the high priestess of the sun had been but a part of the mimicry of their heathen ceremony—the sun looking down upon him through the opening at the top of the court had claimed him as his...1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 167
2. (idiomatic) A person who enjoys exposure to sunlight; an avid sunbather.
   • "The light hurts you?" she said, for the sun was coming into the room. "Change places with me, I am a sun worshipper."1901, Samuel Butler, chapter 21, in Erewhon Revisited
   • A bikini . . . tends to slip and slide a bit in the surf. But for a die-hard sun worshipper, a two-piece suit is the next best thing to nothing at all.1981 January 11, “Stunning for Sunning”, in New York Times, retrieved 25 May 2015