sun worshipper

See also: sun-worshipper

English

Alternative forms

• sun worshiper, sun-worshiper, sun-worshipper

Pronunciation

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Noun

sun worshipper (plural sun worshippers)

1. (literal) One who reveres the Sun as a deity.
   • 1899, Robert Barr, The Ambassador's Pigeons:

     Here Christian, or Jew, Sun-worshipper or Pagan implore their several gods unmolested.

   • 1941, George Ryley Scott, Phallic Worship: A History of Sex and Sex Rites in Relation to the Religions of All Races from Antiquity to the Present Day, London: T. Werner Laurie, page 21:

     Moses warns his followers against the allure of sun- and star-worship; and Ezekiel mentions seeing, in a vision, twenty-five men of Judah worshipping the sun. Indeed, so powerful was the incentive to worship the sun, and so great was its rivalry to the worship of Jehovah, that it was found necessary to take the most drastic measures towards its suppression. Sun-worshippers were threatened with death by stoning.

2. (idiomatic) A person who enjoys exposure to sunlight; an avid sunbather.
   • 1901, Samuel Butler, chapter 21, in Erewhon Revisited:

     "The light hurts you?" she said, for the sun was coming into the room. "Change places with me, I am a sun worshipper."

   • 1981 January 11, “Stunning for Sunning”, in New York Times, retrieved 25 May 2015:

     A bikini . . . tends to slip and slide a bit in the surf. But for a die-hard sun worshipper, a two-piece suit is the next best thing to nothing at all.

   • 2010 August 3, Denis Campbell, “Bottoms bring up the rear in suntan time trials”, in Guardian, UK, retrieved 25 May 2015:

     Previous research by Rees has confirmed what sun worshippers already knew: that the upper back is much more likely to tan than the legs.

Translations

worshipper of the Sun

• Arabic: عَابِدُ شَمْسٍ m (ʕābidu šamsin); عابِدٌ لِلشَّمْسِ m (ʕābidun li-š-šamsi)
• Dutch: zonaanbidder (nl) m, zonaanbidster (nl) f
• Finnish: auringonpalvoja (fi)
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• German: Sonnenanbeter m, Sonnenanbeterin f, Sonnenverehrer m, Sonnenverehrerin f
• Greek: ηλιολάτρης (el) m (iliolátris), ηλιολάτρισσα (el) f (iliolátrissa)
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• Russian: солнцепокло́нник (ru) m (solncepoklónnik)
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• Swahili: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: soldyrkare (sv) c, soldyrkerska c (female)

sunbather

• Dutch: zonaanbidder (nl) m, zonaanbidster (nl) f
• Finnish: auringonpalvoja (fi), auringonottaja
• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: Sonnenanbeter m, Sonnenanbeterin f
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swahili: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: soldyrkare (sv) c (cf. solbadare), soldyrkerska c (female) (cf. solbaderska)

Further reading

• Solar deity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “sun worshipper”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.