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idolater

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i·dol·a·ter or i·dol·a·tor  (-dl-tr)
n.
1. One who worships idols.
2. One who blindly or excessively admires or adores another.
[Middle English idolatre, from Old French, from Latin dlolatrs, from Greek eidlolatrs : eidlon, idol; see idol + -latrs, worshiper.]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.idolateridolater - a person who worships idols
idol worshiper, idoliser, idolizer
gentile, heathen, infidel, pagan - a person who does not acknowledge your god
idolatress - a woman idolater
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I had had brothers myself, and it was no revelation to me that little girls could be slavish idolaters of little boys.
Turn Of The Screw by James, Henry View in context
As the palace of the new king, or rather of the Princess Badoura, overlooked the harbour, she saw the ship entering it and asked what vessel it was coming in so gaily decked with flags, and was told that it was a ship from the Island of the Idolaters which yearly brought rich merchandise.
The Arabian Nights by Lang, Andrew View in context
There was the resentful Sunday of a little later, when he sat down glowering and glooming through the tardy length of the day, with a sullen sense of injury in his heart, and no more real knowledge of the beneficent history of the New Testament than if he had been bred among idolaters.
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