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i⋅dol⋅a⋅ter

  [ahy-dol-uh-ter]
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–noun
1. Also, i⋅dol⋅ist  [ahyd-l-ist] . a worshiper of idols.
2. a person who is an immoderate admirer; devotee.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME idolatrer, equiv. to idolatr(ie) idolatry + -er -er 2 ; -rer > -er by dissimilation
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i·dol·a·ter or i·dol·a·tor   (ī-dŏl'ə-tər)   
n.  
  1. One who worships idols.
  2. One who blindly or excessively admires or adores another.

[Middle English idolatre, from Old French, from Latin īdōlolatrēs, from Greek eidōlolatrēs : eidōlon, idol; see idol + -latrēs, worshiper.]
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