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Meanings of zealot in English

Portuguese
xiita
Catalan
fanàtic

A fervent and even militant proponent of something.

xiita
Synonyms
Examples for "partisan"
Examples for "partisan"
1
That's a problem for government to solve -and a partisan issue.
Reuters
2
Recently, however, the Trump Foundation has come under media and partisan scrutiny.
BBC
3
Agreement across all parties is unusual in our highly partisan political system.
The Irish Times
4
He agreed that Congress must put aside partisan politics on the issue.
The Irish Times
5
Of course the colonel knew about the partisan activity in this sector.
The Wolf’s Hour
1
But had she ever thought of taking a second husband she must have seen through "Old Drumbeater," as Sylvia called him.
Aftermath / Part second of "A Kentucky Cardinal"
Usage of zealot in English
1
He is a zealot in the grip of a scary new cult.
The Irish Times
2
If you're outside the window, you'll be viewed as a fringe zealot.
The Irish Times
3
In the beginning the High Keeper was no more than a zealot.
Night gate
4
Captain Endicott, fierce zealot as he was, found in it something disagreeable.
The Knight of the Golden Melice: A Historical Romance
5
I anticipated my eventual overdose like a zealot looking forward to Armageddon.
The Vital Abyss
6
Whatever he undertook, he drove through with the remorselessness of a zealot.
Theodore Roosevelt: An Intimate Biography
7
So Max may very well have been a Nazarene, not a zealot.
Cross Bones
8
It were sheer impertinence to finger the texture of a zealot's sackcloth.
The Henchman
9
Lanfranc, sprung from Imperialist Pavia, was no zealot for extravagant papal claims.
William the Conqueror
10
The big man washed as he did everything else, like a zealot.
The Hustler
11
His brave little zealot 'family.' I hooked quotes around the word.
Cross Bones
12
A zealot in art, the friar was a sceptic in religion.
The Cloister and the Hearth
13
Only a power-hungry zealot could accept the fulsome ritual as a tolerable exchange.
The last page
14
There was nothing of the reformer or the zealot about him.
Daniel Webster
15
But for the complete zealot nothing transcends the zest of pioneering for himself.
Pipefuls
16
Captain Tyler was a True Believer, a zealot of the most fanatical kind.
In Fire Forged
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Translations for zealot
Portuguese
xiitafanático
Catalan
fanàtic
Zealot through the time
Zealot across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common