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Enthusiast
//ɪnˈθuːziˌæst// noun
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Noun
- 1 A person filled with or guided by enthusiasm.
"But Charles Aubyn (for it was he) had, like most enthusiasts, overcalculated the influence of his eloquence; surprise had alone procured him a hearing, and the bold cavaliers around were little in the mood for a homily."
- 2 an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity wordnet
- 3 A person exhibiting over-zealous religious fervour. archaic
- 4 a person having a strong liking for something wordnet
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἐνθουσιαστής (enthousiastḗs, “an enthusiast, a zealot”), from ἐνθουσιάζειν (enthousiázein, “(intransitive) be inspired or possessed by a god, be rapt, be in ecstasy, (transitive) inspire”): see enthusiasm.
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