misbeliever
English
Etymology
From Middle English misbilevere, equivalent to misbelieve + -er.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /mɪsbɪˈlivɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /mɪsbɪˈliːvə/
Noun
misbeliever (plural misbelievers)
- Someone who holds a bad or wrong belief; a heretic, an unbeliever.
- 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, 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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