| NOUN | person | Zealot | 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 |
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| person | zealot, partisan, drumbeater | a fervent and even militant / militant proponent of something |
| Sounds | zeh'laht; ziy'laht | |
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| Rhymes | abbot ... Wyatt: 372 rhymes with aht... | |
| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Broader | Jew, Hebrew, Israelite | A person belonging to the worldwide / worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural / cultural or religious ties |
| Spanish | fanático, zelota, zelote | |
| Meaning | A fervent and even militant / militant proponent of something. | |
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| Synonyms | partisan, drumbeater | |
| Narrower | bigot | A prejudiced person who is intolerant / intolerant of any opinions differing from his own |
| dogmatist, doctrinaire | A stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions | |
| Broader | advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent | A person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea |
| Opposite | nonpartisan, nonpartizan | A person who is nonpartisan |
| Spanish | fanático | |
| Catalan | fanàtic | |
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