August 2007: ZEALOT

Zealot

• noun: 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.
• noun: a fervent and even militant proponent of something.
  

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Zealot

Function: noun
Etymology: Late Latin zelotes, from Greek zēlōtēs, from zēlos
Date: 1537

• capitalized:a member of a fanatical sect arising in Judea during the first century a.d. and militantly opposing the Roman domination of Palestine
• a zealous person; especially :a fanatical partisan <a religious zealot>
  

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