[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

zealot \zeal"ot\, n. f. z'elote, l. zelotes, gr. ?. see
   zeal.
   one who is zealous; one who engages warmly in any cause, and
   pursues his object with earnestness and ardor; especially,
   one who is overzealous, or carried away by his zeal; one
   absorbed in devotion to anything; an enthusiast; a fanatical
   partisan.
   1913 webster

         zealots for the one tradition were in hostile array
         against zealots for the other.           --sir j.
                                                  stephen.
   1913 webster

         in ayrshire, clydesdale, nithisdale, annandale, every
         parish was visited by these turbulent zealots.
                                                  --macaulay.
   1913 webster
see also:
zeal 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

zealot
     n 1: 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
     2: a fervent and even militant proponent of something syn: partisan,
         drumbeater
see also:
partisan drumbeater 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

88 moby thesaurus words for "zealot":
   christian, god-fearing man, accepter, addict, adherent, aficionado,
   alien, believer, bigot, buff, bug, case, catechumen, character,
   churchgoer, churchite, churchman, collector, communicant, convert,
   crackpot, crank, daily communicant, demon, devotee, devotionalist,
   disciple, eager beaver, eccentric, energumen, enthusiast,
   extremist, faddist, fan, fanatic, fanatico, fiend, follower, freak,
   good christian, great one for, hermit, hobbyist, hobo, hound,
   infatuate, kook, lone wolf, loner, lunatic fringe, maniac,
   maverick, meshuggenah, militant, monomaniac, natural, neophyte,
   nonconformist, nut, odd fellow, oddball, oddity, original,
   outsider, pariah, partisan, pietist, proselyte, pursuer,
   queer duck, queer fish, queer specimen, radical, rara avis,
   receiver, religionist, rhapsodist, saint, screwball, sectary,
   solitary, sucker for, theist, tramp, truster, type, visionary,
   votary

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