I*dol"a*ter (?), n. [F. idolatre: cf. L. idololatres, Gr. . See Idolatry.]

1.

A worshiper of idols; one who pays divine honors to images, statues, or representations of anything made by hands; one who worships as a deity that which is not God; a pagan.

2.

An adorer; a great admirer.

Jonson was an idolater of the ancients. Bp. Hurd.

 

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