I-dōl'a-ter, n.

n. [Fr. idolâtre, It. idolàtre, idolatra, idolatro, Sp. idolatra, idolatro, Lat. idololatres, Gr. εἰδωλολάτρης, εἴδωλον, idol, and λάτρης, servant, worshiper.]

1. A worshiper of idols; one who pays divine honors to images, statues, or representations of any thing 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. Hurd.