zealot
/ˈzɛlət/
noun
- A person who is extremely enthusiastic and passionate about a particular belief, cause, or activity, often to an excessive or fanatical degree.
- She was a fitness zealot who went to the gym twice a day, rain or shine.
- The art critic dismissed the painter's followers as zealots who refused to see any flaws in his work.
- The political zealot spent every weekend campaigning for his candidate.
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