unbelievern.
/ˌʌnbᵻˈliːvə/, U.S. /ˌənbəˈlivər/ One who does not believe; spec. one who does not accept a particular religious belief, an infidel.
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wanbelieverc1440
unbeliever1526
infidela1530
nullifidian1564
atheist1571
sceptic1638
disbeliever1648
non-believer1649
scorner1651
scoffer1691
sceptic-Christian1711
nothingarian1776
nothingist1797
no-religionist1827
nihilist1854
netheist1855
non-theist1857
agnostic1869
nescient1872
post-Christian1886
bush baptist1902
no-Goddite1952
1526 Bible (Tyndale) 2 Cor. vi. 14 Beare nott the yooke wyth the vnbelevers.
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxxx. 250 The name of Pagans which properly signifieth countrie people came to be vsed in common speech for the same that infidels & vnbeleeuers were.
1618 J. Taylor Pennyles Pilgrimage F ij This sounds like a lie to an vnbeleeuer; but I..knowe that I speake within the compasse of truth.
1653 W. Ramesey Astrologia Restaurata 32 In the dark corners of the Gentiles, who were then unbelievers.
1709 J. Addison Tatler No. 111. ⁋4 To become conspicuous, [he] declares that he is an Unbeliever.
1777 J. Priestley Disquis. Matter & Spirit p. xiv The cry against me as an unbeliever..was..general and loud.
1825 W. Scott Talisman iii, in Tales Crusaders III. 86 The miseries imposed by the unbelievers upon the Latin Christians in the Holy Land.
1837 W. A. Butler Serm. Doctr. & Pract. (1856) 2nd Ser. xx. 202 The unbeliever may chafe at the mysteries of faith.
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