different between propagator vs zealot

English

Etymology

propagate +? -or

Noun

propagator (plural propagators)

1. A person who disseminates news or rumour
2. A person who propagates plants
3. A covered, sometimes heated container for germinating seeds or raising seedlings
4. (physics) A function that represents the quantum propagation of a subatomic particle

Translations

Latin

Verb

pr?p?g?tor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of pr?p?g?
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of pr?p?g?

References

• propagator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• propagator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• propagator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Polish

Etymology

From Latin pr?p?g?tor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pr?.pa??a.t?r/

Noun

propagator m pers (feminine propagatorka)

1. promoter, exponent, advocate

Declension

Noun

propagator m inan

1. (physics) propagator

Declension

Further reading

• propagator in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• propagator in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French propagateur

Noun

propagator m (plural propagatori)

1. spreader

Declension

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

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Laotze