Dictionary entry

Idolater

Webster's Dictionary 1913

I‐dol″a‐ter (?), n. [F. idolâtre: 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.