Old Believer

American  

noun

1. Raskolnik.

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Etymology

Origin of Old Believer

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

"He is an Old Believer," Styopka and Vassya answered in a whisper.

From The Bishop and Other Stories by Garnett, Constance

The Cossack took refuge in the wild freedom of nomadic life, and the Old Believer was equally averse to giving in to the complicated mechanism of government.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 88, April, 1875 by Various

Visit to an "Old Believer"; beauty of his house and its adornments; his religious fanaticism; its effects on Tolstoi.

From Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 2 by White, Andrew Dickson

And do you know he is an Old Believer, or rather a dissenter?

From Crime and Punishment by Garnett, Constance

He was a merchant, an Old Believer, and he had no children.

From The Idiot by Martin, Eva M.