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Strongly enthusiastic and devoted in pursuing a cause, belief, or task.
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- zealous supporter
- zealous pursuit
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The zealous archivist refused to discard even the damaged scraps.
A zealous supporter followed the campaign into every village.
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Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more zealous; superlative most zealous. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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