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Definition of Enthusiast

1. Noun. An ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity.

Definition of Enthusiast

1. n. 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.

Definition of Enthusiast

1. Noun. A person filled with or guided by enthusiasm. ¹

2. Noun. (archaic) A person exhibiting over-zealous religious fervour. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Enthusiast

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Enthusiast

Literary usage of Enthusiast

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1833)
"The Young enthusiast in Humble Life—a Simple Story. ... I wrote the Story,' says the young enthusiast himself, ' in the Military Hospital at Enniskillen. ..."

2. The Massachusetts Teacher (1850)
"THE TEACHER AN enthusiast. THE teacher can interest his classes only by becoming himself ... A successful man in any calling must be an enthusiast. ..."

3. The Singing of the Future by David Thomas Ffrangcon- Davies (1905)
"Modern opera enthusiast and contrapuntal oratorio.—Fugue, roulade, etc. ... word for the purpose.1 An opera-enthusiast will say that "it retards dramatic ..."

4. Men and Events of Forty Years: Autobiographical Reminiscences of an Active by Josiah Bushnell Grinnell, Henry Webster Parker (1891)
"Prohibition of Saloons — Pioneering Incidents—Rattlesnake Sermon— Our Mail Service—First Law Suit— The Long Home — Foibles of an enthusiast—First Fourth of ..."

5. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with A Journal of a Tour to the by James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1888)
"... in his description of the young enthusiast at College: " Through all his veins the fever of renown, Spreads from the strong contagion of the gown; ..."

6. Life in a New England Town, 1787, 1788: Diary of John Quincy Adams, While a by John Quincy Adams, Charles Francis Adams (1903)
"He was, he says, an enthusiast for liberty in 1775, but finds it all a farce; he is now no less an enthusiast; and he may chance to find his present object, ..."

7. Every Day in the Year: A Poetical Epitome of the World's History by James Lauren Ford, Mary K. Ford (1902)
"... The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With nature's mother-wit, ..."

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