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IDOLATER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does idolater mean?
• IDOLATER (noun)
The noun IDOLATER has 1 sense:
1. a person who worships idols
Familiarity information: IDOLATER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who worships idols
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
idol worshiper; idolater; idoliser; idolizer
Hypernyms ("idolater" is a kind of...):
gentile; heathen; infidel; pagan (a person who does not acknowledge your god)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "idolater"):
idolatress (a woman idolater)
Derivation:
idolatry (the worship of idols; the worship of physical objects or images as gods)
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