believer
//bɪˈlivɚ//
Forms
- Plural
- believers
Definitions
1.A person who believes; especially regarding religion.
- She's a believer in life after death.
- A long list of thinkers, both believers and nonbelievers, have posited something like an innate religious instinct.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4540
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Word family
Etymology
From Middle English bilevar, bileever, belever, equivalent to believe + -er.