\Zeal"ot\, n. [F. z['e]lote, L. zelotes, Gr. ?. See
{Zeal}.]
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.
      Zealots for the one [tradition] were in hostile array
      against zealots for the other.           --Sir J.
                                               Stephen.
      In Ayrshire, Clydesdale, Nithisdale, Annandale, every
      parish was visited by these turbulent zealots.
                                               --Macaulay.