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a person having a strong liking for something

an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity

a person having a strong liking for something

an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity

One who is filled with zeal; one who dewas himself inspired; a visionary.

One who imagines he has special or supernatural converse with God, or special communications from him; as, "Let an enthusiast be principled that he or his teacher is inspired, and acted on by an immediate communication of the Divine Spirit, and you in vain bring the evidence of clear reasons against his doctrine."-Locke: one whose mind is completely possessed by any subject; one whose mind is highly excited with the love or in the pursuit of an object; one who is swayed to a great or undue extent by his feelings in any pursuit; a person of ardent zeal; as, "An enthusiast in his country's cause."-Logan: one of elevated fancy; an imaginative person.

One filled with enthusiasm.

n. [Greek] One who is actuated by enthusiasm;—one devotedly attached to a cause or object; — a person of ardent feelings and warm imagination;—one who is excessively earnest and zealous; fanatic; devotee; zealot.

One who vainly imagines a private revelation, one who has a vain confidence of his intercourse with God; one of a hot imagination; one of elevated fancy, or exalted ideas.