misbeliever
Pronunciation
  • (America) IPA: /mɪsbɪˈlivɚ/
  • (RP) IPA: /mɪsbɪˈliːvə/
Noun

misbeliever (plural misbelievers)

  1. Someone who holds a bad or wrong belief; a heretic, an unbeliever.
    • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, John Florio, transl., The Essayes, […], printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821 ↗:
      , II.12:
      We are placed in the country […] where we feare the menaces wherewith she threatneth all mis-beleevers, or follow her promises.



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