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1. (n.) heathen
an unconverted individual of a people that do not acknowledge the God of the Bible or Koran; pagan.
2. heathen
an irreligious, uncultured, or uncivilized person.
3. (adj.) heathen
of or pertaining to heathens; pagan.
4. heathen
irreligious, uncultured, or uncivilized.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME hethen, OE hæmacr;then, c. OS hēthin, OHG heidan, ON heithinn, Go haithno (fem. n.); prob. akin to heath)
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| Definition of 'heathen' |
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1. (adj) heathen, pagan, gentile, infidel
a person who does not acknowledge your god
2. (adj) heathen, heathenish, pagan, ethnic
not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam
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| Definition of 'heathen' |
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1. (adj) heathen
gentile; pagan; as, a heathen author
2. (adj) heathen
barbarous; unenlightened; heathenish
3. (adj) heathen
irreligious; scoffing
4. (noun) heathen
an individual of the pagan or unbelieving nations, or those which worship idols and do not acknowledge the true God; a pagan; an idolater
5. (noun) heathen
an irreligious person
6. heathen
of Heathen
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Sense: (of) a person who believes in a less advanced form of religion, especially one with many gods
Missionaries tried to convert the heathens to Christianity.
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 Afrikaans: heiden, ongelowige |
 Arabic: وَثَني، عابِد الأوثان |
 Bulgarian: езически |
 Brazilian: pagão |
 Czech: pohan, -ka; pohanský |
 German: der Heide/die Heidin |
 Danish: hedning; hedensk |
 Greek: ειδωλολάτρης |
 Spanish: pagano |
 Estonian: pagan |
 Farsi: كافر |
 Finnish: pakana |
 French: païen, ïenne |
 Hebrew: עוֹבֵד אֱלִילִים |
 Hindi: नास्तिक |
 Croatian: poganin, neznabožac |
 Hungarian: pogány |
 Indonesian: kafir |
 Icelandic: heiðingi; heiðinn |
 Italian: pagano |
 Japanese: 異教徒 |
 Korean: 다신교(多神敎) 신자 |
 Lithuanian: pagonis; pagoniškas |
 Latvian: pagāns |
 Malay: orang pagan |
 Dutch: heiden |
 Norwegian: hedning; hedensk |
 Polish: poganin, pogański |
 Persian: كافر |
 Pashto: كافر ، بې دينه |
 Portuguese: pagão |
 Romanian: păgân |
 Russian: язычник; языческий |
 Slovak: pohan, -ka |
 Slovenian: pogan(ski) |
 Serbian: neznabožac |
 Swedish: hedning |
 Thai: คนนอกศาสนา |
 Turkish: putperest |
 Taiwanese: 異教徒 |
 Ukrainian: язичник |
 Urdu: کافر، بے دین |
 Vietnamese: người ngoại đạo |
 Chinese: 异教徒 |
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