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zealot
Part of speech: NounAn enthusiast; a fanatic; one who goes to extremes in his earnestness for a cause.
Part of speech: NounZealotry.
Usage examples "zealot":- Certainly his thoughts and reasoning powers appeared still to be in heaven, but that was because he was a religious zealot. - "There was a King in Egypt", Norma Lorimer.
- " This day," I said, " I am perforce a zealot." - "The Brother of Daphne", Dornford Yates.
- The light of the zealot was on Richter's own. - "The Crisis, Complete", Winston Churchill Last Updated: March 6, 2009.