aemŭlātor, ōris, m. [aemulor],
a zealous imitator , emulator (in a good sense), ζηλωτής: ejus (sc. Catonis), * Cic. Att. 2, 1 fin. : animus aemulator Dei, Sen. Ep. 124 fin. : virtutum aemulator fuit, Just. 6, 3: aemulatores sunt legis, Vulg. Act. 21, 20; 1 Cor. 14, 12.—Eccl., of God as jealous of his honor: Deus est aemulator, ( the Lord ) is a jealous God , Vulg. Exod. 34, 14.