unbeliever

[ uhn-bi-lee-ver ]
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noun
  1. a person who does not believe.

  2. a person who does not accept any, or some particular, religious belief.

Origin of unbeliever

1
1520–30; un-1 + believer

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How to use unbeliever in a sentence

  • Richard never knew what saint gave strength to his arm that day, and made Trenchefer terrible to the unbelievers.

    God Wills It! | William Stearns Davis
  • “And then again, the first time the mind comes across the arguments and speculations of unbelievers,” etc. 8.

    English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) Webster

British Dictionary definitions for unbeliever

unbeliever

/ (ˌʌnbɪˈliːvə) /


noun
  1. a person who does not believe or withholds belief, esp in religious matters

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