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zealot

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If you wish to label me a zealot for expecting ethics from the people and companies I work with, that's fine.

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Quick take

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

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of zealot gathered in one view.

noun

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

noun

a fervent and even militant proponent of something

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for zealot.

noun

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

See also: Zealot

Example sentences

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If you wish to label me a zealot for expecting ethics from the people and companies I work with, that's fine.

2

I want to hang out with / work with a programmer like this as much as I want to hang out with a religious zealot.

3

As much as I zealot-level hate them, we're all better off because they put the debate front-and-center.

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Over the years, I've grown less and less likely to write lots of tests, after being a very large test zealot during the peak of the TDD wave.

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Not everyone thinks of them as a zealot organization even though it's headed by a zealot.

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If you've ever ran into an Erlang zealot, they probably were ranting and raving about how well Erlang scales and handles failure.

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Adria shouldnt be calling herself a tech evangelist, but a feminist zealot hypocrit.

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Now the SO zealot will say 'well the history is bash is not about programming', which is technically correct - and 'technically correct' is the worst kind of correct in existence.

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I think I did mention that in the piece, but I deliberately keep the Facebook comments even on articles where I'm critical of Facebook to show that I'm not some extremist zealot.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use zealot in a sentence?

If you wish to label me a zealot for expecting ethics from the people and companies I work with, that's fine.

What does zealot mean?

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

What part of speech is zealot?

zealot is commonly used as noun.