Bible Dictionaries
Zealot

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Zealot'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​z/zealot.html. 1828.