unbeliever

[uhn-bi-lee-ver]

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noun

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

Origin of unbeliever

1520–30; un-¹ + believer

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Related Words for unbeliever

doubter, infidel, questioner, dissenter, heretic, atheist, agnostic, nonbeliever, pessimist, misanthrope, apostate, nihilist, heathen, freethinker, pagan, cynic, rationalist, materialist, scoffer, profaner

Examples from the Web for unbeliever

Contemporary Examples of unbeliever

Just as no unbeliever may be barred from federal service for his atheism, no true believer may be excluded for his abiding faith.
The Constitution and the Candidates: Race, Religion, Romney, and Ryan
Akhil Reed Amar
August 19, 2012

Historical Examples of unbeliever

They sang once more, a hymn that prophesied woe to the unbeliever.
Keziah Coffin
Joseph C. Lincoln
Shall we believe the oath of an unbeliever attainted of sacrilege?
The Strolling Saint
Raphael Sabatini
"The unbeliever is for ever peeping forth from thee," was Marzak's dignified reply.
The Sea-Hawk
Raphael Sabatini
In this case the believers were all lost and the unbeliever saved.
The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol 2 (of 2)
Harry Furniss
She never was an atheist like Godwin, or an unbeliever of the Voltaire school.
Mary Wollstonecraft
Elizabeth Robins Pennell

British Dictionary definitions for unbeliever

unbeliever

noun

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

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Word Origin and History for unbeliever

1520s, agent noun from unbelief.