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one who is intensely or excessively devoted to a cause
- zealots on both sides of the issue resorted to name-calling and scare tactics
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“Zealot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zealot. Accessed 17 Aug. 2022.
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The first known use of zealot was in 1537
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