misbeliever
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English misbilevere, equivalent to misbelieve + -er.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /mɪsbɪˈlivɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /mɪsbɪˈliːvə/
Noun edit
misbeliever (plural misbelievers)
- Someone who holds a bad or wrong belief; a heretic, an unbeliever.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:, II.12:
- We are placed in the country […] where we feare the menaces wherewith she threatneth all mis-beleevers, or follow her promises.