believer

From Middle English bilevar, bileever, belever, equivalent to believe +‎ -er.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /bɪˈlivɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɪˈliːvə/
• Rhymes: -iːvə(ɹ)

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believer (plural believers)

1. 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.

• infidel
• non-believer, nonbeliever
• unbeliever

• See also Thesaurus:believer