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English Dictionary: enthusiast by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
enthusiast
n
  1. an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity
    Synonym(s): enthusiast, partisan, partizan
  2. a person having a strong liking for something
    Synonym(s): fancier, enthusiast
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Enthusiast \En*thu"si*ast\, n. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. enthousiaste.]
      One moved or actuated by enthusiasm; as:
      (a) One who imagines himself divinely inspired, or possessed
            of some special revelation; a religious madman; a
            fanatic.
      (b) One whose mind is wholly possessed and heated by what
            engages it; one who is influenced by a peculiar; fervor
            of mind; an ardent and imaginative person.
  
                     Enthusiasts soon understand each other. --W.
                                                                              Irving.
  
      Syn: Visionary; fanatic; devotee; zealot.
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