idolater

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: i=dol=a=ter
• COUNT in NET: 2 in 2 verses (in NT : 2 in 2 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

idolater, n. [F. idolâtre: cf. L. idololatres, Gr. . See Idolatry.].

•  A worshiper of idols; one who pays divine honors to images, statues, or representations of anything made by hands; one who worships as a deity that which is not God; a pagan.  [1913 Webster]
•  An adorer; a great admirer.  [1913 Webster]

  "Jonson was an idolater of the ancients."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

idolater, n. (fem. idolatress)
1 a worshipper of idols.
2 (often foll. by of) a devoted admirer.

Derivative

idolatrous adj.

Etymology

ME idolatrer f. OF or f. idolatry or f. OF idol{acirc}tre, ult. f. Gk eidololatres (as IDOL, -LATER)

THESAURUS

idolater

Druid, Parsi, Sabaist, Zoroastrian, admirer, adorer, allotheist, amateur, animal worshiper, animist, anthropolater, arborolater, archaeolater, beadsman, booster, buff, celebrant, chapelgoer, chthonian, churchgoer, collector, communicant, congregation, daily communicant, demon worshiper, demonolater, dendrolater, devil worshiper, devotee, dilettante, evangelist, fan, fancier, fetishist, fire worshiper, follower, groupie, heathen, idol worshiper, idolatress, idolatrizer, idolist, idolizer, nature worshiper, ophiolater, pagan, petitioner, phallic worshiper, prayer, pyrolater, revivalist, rooter, snake worshiper, star worshiper, sun worshiper, suppliant, supplicant, supplicator, theriolater, therolater, tree worshiper, venerator, votary, worshiper, zoolater