Definition of Enthusiast

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Enthusiast

One moved or actuated by enthusiasm; as: (a) One who imagines himself divinely inspired, or possessed of some special revelation; a religious madman; a fanatic. (b) One whose mind is wholly possessed and heated by what engages it; one who is influenced by a peculiar; fervor of mind; an ardent and imaginative person.

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Enthusiast Quotations

A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
Man Ray

I am an enthusiast, but not a crank in the sense that I have some pet theories as to the proper construction of a flying machine. I wish to avail myself of all that is already known and then, if possible, add my mite to help on the future worker who will attain final success.
Wilbur Wright

Opposition always inflames the enthusiast, never converts him.
Friedrich Schiller

No wild enthusiast could rest, till half the world like him was possessed.
William Cowper

The prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or ruins it.
Robert Bulwer-Lytton

I'd always been a science fiction enthusiast.
Ivan Reitman

I do NOT think that PC gaming is over... it will always be the choice of the gaming enthusiast who is willing to put in the extra effort for a richer, more rewarding experience.
Mike Wilson

If you're an enthusiast and you love the world like I do, it comes naturally. But I think charity must become more fun to give, more interactive and imaginative.
Joanna Lumley

A State infinitely worse than that which the most inflamed Zealot, the most violent Republican or Enthusiast even pretended to dread before the Rebellion commenced.
Charles Inglis

An enthusiast broods over the oppression of a people till he fancies himself commissioned by Heaven to liberate them. He ventures the attempt, which ends in little else than his own execution.
George Haven Putnam

Enthusiast Translations

enthusiast in French is serpenteau
enthusiast in Italian is entusiasta
enthusiast in Norwegian is entusiast
enthusiast in Spanish is entusiasta

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