different between emissary vs zealot

English

Etymology

From French émissaire, from Latin emissarius (“agent, scout, spy”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??m??s??i/

Noun

emissary (plural emissaries)

1. An agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else.
2. (anatomy) A venous channel in the skull.
3. An underground channel by which the water of a lake escapes.

Translations

English

Etymology

Initially only found as Middle English zelote, an epithet of Simon the Zealot, acquiring its current senses in the 16th and 17th centuries. The Middle English derives from Latin z?l?t?s, from Ancient Greek ??????? (z?l?t?s, “emulator, zealous admirer, follower”), from ????? (zêlos, “zeal, jealousy”), from ????? (z?ló?, “to emulate, to be jealous”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?z?l.?t/
• Hyphenation: zeal?ot

Noun

zealot (plural zealots)

1. One who is zealous, one who is full of zeal for his own specific beliefs or objectives, usually in the negative sense of being too passionate; a fanatic
2. (historical) A member of a radical, warlike, ardently patriotic group of Jews in Judea, particularly prominent in the first century, who advocated the violent overthrow of Roman rule and vigorously resisted the efforts of the Romans and their supporters to convert the Jews.
3. (historical) A member of an anti-aristocratic political group in Thessalonica from 1342 until 1350.

Quotations

• 1892: Yet Brahmans rule Benares still, / Buddh-Gaya's ruins pit the hill, / And beef-fed zealots threaten ill / To Buddha and Kamakura. — Rudyard Kipling, Buddha at Kamakura

Synonyms

• enthusiast
• fanatic

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Anagrams

• Laotze