zealoter

English

Noun

zealoter (plural zealoters)

1. (obsolete) One who is full of zeal and commitment.
   • 1848, Letters of the kings of England:

     Wheupon you shall eftsoons require him, as he will show himself zealoter of our ancient fraternal amity, that he will, without further protract and dilation of time, observe and fulfil his whole promise in sending these instructions;

   • 1867, Macmillan's Magazine - Volume 16, page 143:

     Even stoutest parliamentary “zealoters” must yield to utter weariness of body.

   • 1908, Historic Magazine and Notes and Queries - Volume 26, page 297:

     The Knights who desire to take their oath have long and painful duties to fulfil, obstacles to vanquish, errors to combat, adversaries to overcome, and eternal war to sustain against ignorance and vice; they allude to the persecutions reserved for the zealoter of justice, truth, virtue and the enemies of wickedness.

   • 2019, Donatella Marazziti, Stephen M. Stahl, Evil, Terrorism & Psychiatry, page 2:

     Under their garments they hide a little dagger (called sica by Romans), and killed their rivals. . . They called themselves zealots, as they were “zealoters” . . . Their victims were mainly the brave and the nobles, the first being them full of fear and the second because of envy: they believed their only safety was the elimination of all the important people.

See also

• zealot