Eiferer — meaning in English

English meaning

• devotee noun A person with a strong, enthusiastic interest in or loyalty to something.
• zealot noun Someone so committed to a cause or belief that they pursue it with extreme, often unreasonable intensity.

Senses

Eiferer is used for these senses in English:

• devotee (religion) A believer in a particular religion or god.
• zealot One who is zealous, one who is full of zeal for their own specific beliefs or objectives, usually in the negative sense of being too passionate; a fanatic.

devotee — full definition

1. noun A person with a strong, enthusiastic interest in or loyalty to something.
2. noun A person who is deeply committed to a particular religion or deity.

zealot — full definition

1. noun Someone so committed to a cause or belief that they pursue it with extreme, often unreasonable intensity.
2. noun Historically, a member of a Jewish political movement in first-century Judea that violently resisted Roman rule.

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