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English Dictionary: idolater by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
idolater
n
  1. a person who worships idols [syn: idolater, idolizer, idoliser, idol worshiper]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Idolater \I*dol"a*ter\, n. [F. idol[83]tre: cf. L. idololatres,
      Gr. [?]. See {Idolatry}.]
      1. 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.
  
      2. An adorer; a great admirer.
  
                     Jonson was an idolater of the ancients. --Bp. Hurd.
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