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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