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Meaning of heathen in English

heathen
adjective
  old-fashioned disapproving offensive
uk
/ˈhiː.ðən/ us
/ˈhiː.ðən/
(of people or their way of life, activities, and ideas) having no religion, or belonging to a religion that is not Christianity, Judaism, or Islam
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heathen
noun [ C ]
uk
/ˈhiː.ðən/ us
/ˈhiː.ðən/
old use disapproving offensive
a person who has no religion, or who belongs to a religion that is not Christianity, Judaism, or Islam
the heathen [ plural ] old-fashioned
heathen people:
convert the heathen Those who attempted to convert the heathen were put to death.
humorous
someone who behaves as if they are not educated:
He's such a heathen - he's never even heard of Puccini.
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(Definition of heathen from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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heathen
adjective
  disapproving
us
/ˈhi·ðən/
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(used, esp. in the past, of people or their way of life, activities, and ideas) having no religion, or belonging to a religion that is not Christianity, Judaism, or Islam

heathen

noun [ C ] us
/ˈhi·ðən/ plural heathen or heathens
disapproving
Those folks are heathens.
(Definition of heathen from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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in Chinese (Traditional)
無宗教信仰的, 異教徒的, 無宗教信仰的人…
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无宗教信仰的, 异教徒的, 无宗教信仰的人…
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pagano, pagana…
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pagão, pagã…
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païen, ïenne…
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pohan, -ka, pohanský…
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poganin, pogański…
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hedning…
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orang pagan…
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der Heide / die Heidin…
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