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zealots

zealots is the plural of zealot.

Meaning of zealot

Noun

zealot (plural zealots)

  1. One who is zealous, one who is full of zeal for their own specific beliefs or objectives, usually in the negative sense of being too passionate; a fanatic.
    • For Modes of Faith let graceleſs zealots fight; / His can't be wrong whoſe life is in the right:1733, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Man. […], epistle III, London: […] J[ohn] Wilford, […], →OCLC, page 55, lines 305–306
    Synonyms:
    enthusiast, fanatic
  2. (Judaism, historical) 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. (historical) A member of an anti-aristocratic political group in Thessalonica from 1342 until 1350.

Noun capitalized: Zealots

Zealots

  1. (plural) plural of Zealot

Questions about zealots

What is zealots the plural of?
Zealots is the plural of zealot.
What part of speech is zealots?
Zealots is a noun.

Words near zealots in the dictionary

  1. zealotisms
  2. zealotist
  3. zealotists
  4. zealotries
  5. zealotry
  6. zealots
  7. zealous
  8. zealous witness
  9. zealous witnesses
  10. zealouser
  11. zealousest

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