sun worshipper

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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.
  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.

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