sun worshipper

See also: sun-worshipper

English

Alternative forms

• sun worshiper, sun-worshiper, sun-worshipper

Pronunciation

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Noun

sun worshipper (plural sun worshippers)

1. (literal) One who reveres the Sun as a deity.
   • 1899, Robert Barr, The Ambassador's Pigeons:

     Here Christian, or Jew, Sun-worshipper or Pagan implore their several gods unmolested.

2. (idiomatic) A person who enjoys exposure to sunlight; an avid sunbather.
   • 1901, Samuel Butler, chapter 21, in Erewhon Revisited:

     "The light hurts you?" she said, for the sun was coming into the room. "Change places with me, I am a sun worshipper."

   • 1981 January 11, “Stunning for Sunning”, in New York Times, retrieved 25 May 2015:

     A bikini . . . tends to slip and slide a bit in the surf. But for a die-hard sun worshipper, a two-piece suit is the next best thing to nothing at all.

   • 2010 August 3, Denis Campbell, “Bottoms bring up the rear in suntan time trials”, in Guardian, UK, retrieved 25 May 2015:

     Previous research by Rees has confirmed what sun worshippers already knew: that the upper back is much more likely to tan than the legs.

Translations

worshipper of the Sun

• Arabic: عَابِدُ شَمْسٍ m (ʕābidu šamsin); عابِدٌ لِلشَّمْسِ m (ʕābidun li-š-šamsi)
• Dutch: zonaanbidder (nl) m, zonaanbidster (nl) f
• Finnish: auringonpalvoja (fi)
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• German: Sonnenanbeter m, Sonnenanbeterin f, Sonnenverehrer m, Sonnenverehrerin f
• Greek: ηλιολάτρης (el) m (iliolátris), ηλιολάτρισσα (el) f (iliolátrissa)
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• Russian: солнцепокло́нник (ru) m (solncepoklónnik)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swahili: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: soldyrkare (sv) c, soldyrkerska c (female)

sunbather

• Dutch: zonaanbidder (nl) m, zonaanbidster (nl) f
• Finnish: auringonpalvoja (fi), auringonottaja
• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: Sonnenanbeter m, Sonnenanbeterin f
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swahili: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: soldyrkare (sv) c (cf. solbadare), soldyrkerska c (female) (cf. solbaderska)

Further reading

• Solar deity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “sun worshipper”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.