īˈdäləd.ə(r), -ətə- sometimes ə̇ˈdä- noun
( -s )
Etymology: alteration (influenced by Middle French idolatre ) of Middle English idolatrer, idolatrour, from Middle French idolatre (from Late Latin idololatres, from Greek eidōlolatrēs, from eidōlon idol + -latrēs -later) + Middle English -er or -our -or — more at idol
1. : a worshiper of idols : one that pays divine honors to an image, statue, or natural object as a representation of deity
2. : a person that devotes intense or excessive and often blind affection, adoration, or admiration to an object not normally or usually a subject of worship
no undiscriminating idolater of Great Britain — B.J.Hendrick