sun worshipper

See also: sun-worshipper

English edit

sun worshipper (plural sun worshippers)

(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.
(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.

worshipper of the Sun

Arabic: عَابِدُ شَمْسٍ m (ʕābidu šamsin); عابِدٌ لِلشَّمْسِ m (ʕābidun li-š-šamsi)
Dutch: zonaanbidder (nl) m
Finnish: auringonpalvoja (fi)
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German: Sonnenanbeter m; Sonnenverehrer m
Greek: ηλιολάτρης (el) m (iliolátris)
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Russian: солнцепокло́нник (ru) m (solncepoklónnik)
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Swedish: soldyrkare (sv) c

sunbather