infidel
noun
[ ˈɪnfɪd(ə)l ]
• a person who has no religion or whose religion is not that of the majority.
• "a crusade against infidels and heretics"
Similar:
unbeliever,
disbeliever,
non-believer,
heathen,
pagan,
idolater,
idolatress,
heretic,
agnostic,
atheist,
non-theist,
nihilist,
apostate,
freethinker,
libertine,
dissenter,
nonconformist,
paynim,
nullifidian,
infidel
adjective
• adhering to a religion other than that of the majority.
• "the infidel foe"
Origin:
late 15th century: from French infidèle or Latin infidelis, from in- ‘not’ + fidelis ‘faithful’ (from fides ‘faith’, related to fidere ‘to trust’). The word originally denoted a person of a religion other than one's own, specifically a Muslim (to a Christian), a Christian (to a Muslim), or a Gentile (to a Jew).
