believer
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English
Etymology
From Middle English bilevar, bileever, belever, equivalent to believe + -er.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /bɪˈlivɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɪˈliːvə/
- Rhymes: -iːvə(ɹ)
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
believer (plural believers)
- A person who believes; especially regarding religion.
- She's a believer in life after death.
- 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
- But the other two were, comparatively speaking, clean shaved, which of course gave the enemy a larger extent of open country to operate on, though in Mahomed's case the mosquitoes, recognising the taste of a true believer, would not touch him at any price.
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- See also Thesaurus:believer
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Translations
person who believes
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