Idolater
[ahy-dol-uh-ter] /aɪˈdɒl ə tər/
noun
1.
Also, idolist
[ahyd-l-ist] /ˈaɪd l ɪst/ (Show IPA). a worshiper of idols.
2.
a person who is an immoderate admirer; devotee.
n.
late 14c., ydolatrer “idol-worshipper,” from Old French idolatre, contracted from Late Latin idololatres, from Ecclesiastical Greek eidololatres “idol-worshipper” (see idolatry).
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