zealot

ZEALOT

acer alicujus rei defensor propugnator.

zealot: Phr.: an eager z. for my reputation, existimationis meae studiosissimus cupidissimusque, Cic. Verr. 2, 47, 117: a z. in your cause, acerrimus tui defensor, id. Fam. 1, 1, 2: superstitious philosophers, nay, one may say, frantic z.s, philosophi superstitiosi et paene fanatici, Cic. Div. 2, 57, 118.