enthusiast

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

en·thu·si·ast [enthusiast enthusiasts] BrE [ɪnˈθjuːziæst] NAmE [ɪnˈθuːziæst] noun
1. ~ (for/of sth) a person who is very interested in sth and spends a lot of time doing it
•a football enthusiast
•an enthusiast of jazz
2. ~ (for/of sth) a person who approves of sth and shows enthusiasm for it
•enthusiasts for a united Europe

Word Origin:
early 17th cent. (denoting a person believing that he or she is divinely inspired): from French enthousiaste or ecclesiastical Latin enthusiastes ‘member of a heretical sect’, from Greek enthousiastēs ‘person inspired by a god’, from the adjective enthous ‘possessed by a god, inspired’ (based on theos ‘god’).

Example Bank:
•Railway enthusiasts were given the chance to ride on the old steam train during the weekend.
•She was a lifelong enthusiast of dancing, running and waterskiing.
•jazz/fishing/DIY fans/enthusiasts

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  fancier, partisan, partizan