believer
nounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//bɪˈliːvə//
- United States//bɪˈlivɚ//
A person who believes; especially regarding religion.
noun
- 1
A person who believes; especially regarding religion.
She's a believer in life after death.
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.
A long list of thinkers, both believers and nonbelievers, have posited something like an innate religious instinct.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *laubō Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *laubijaną Proto-West Germanic *laubijan Proto-West Germanic *bilaubijan Old English belīefan Middle English bileven English believe Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English believer From Middle English bilevar, bileever, belever, equivalent to believe + -er.
Forms
- plural
- believers
believer · A person who believes; especially regarding religion.
Believers · The 23rd sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.believing · The act or process of having faith, trust, or confidence in.Belinda · A female given name originating as a coinage.