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Definition

someone who is not civilized or not moral — typically said humorously

or:

an offensive term for a person who does not believe in a preferred religion — especially someone who grew up in a culture that is not familiar with the religion

More rarely, heathen can refer to a person who lacks culture or good taste.

The crusaders called them heathens and they called the crusaders infidels.

heathens = people who do not believe in Christianity

Mind your manners, you little heathen.

heathen = someone who is not civilized (said humorously)

When the book of Psalms talks about heathens, it is talking about people who do not believe in the god of Israel.

heathens = people who do not believe in the god of the Bible

The Spanish colony prohibited heathen worship.

heathen = non-Christian

Madeline: You've been downgraded from heathen to heretic.
Nicola Yoon -- Everything, Everything

heathen = someone who doesn't believe in the right religion

Why don't you just write down that you're an absolute heathen!
Kiera Cass -- The Selection

heathen = someone who is uncivilized

The heathen island in the West Indies?
Elizabeth George Speare -- The Witch of Blackbird Pond

heathen = an offensive term for people who are not Christian

Probably they also preferred to take land from heathens rather than from fellow Christians.
Arthur Miller -- The Crucible

heathens = people who are not Christian

"Heathen," she chirps but shuts the door all the same.
Erich Maria Remarque -- All Quiet on the Western Front

heathen = someone who is not religious (said humorously)

"—can't any Christian judges an' lawyers make up for heathen juries," Jem muttered.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

heathen = uncivilized or immoral

Well now, she continued, several evenings later, you don't think I paid much attention to the heathen?
Alice Walker -- The Color Purple

heathen = people who do not believe in Christianity

"Unless you shave off the mark of your heathen belief I will not admit you into the church," said Mr. Kiaga.
Chinua Achebe -- Things Fall Apart

heathen = people who do not believe in Christianity

I reckon he won't go to heaven. 'Cause he's a little heathen.
James Vance Marshall -- Walkabout

heathen = someone who is not a Christian

He was backed up against a corner of the house of his betrothed and swearing like a heathen.
Victor Hugo -- The Hunchback of Notre Dame

heathen = someone who is uncivilized and immoral

If you want to be a heathen, who am I to stop you?
Homer Hickam -- October Sky

heathen = someone who is not properly religious

...it was to be doubted if he ever knew when Sunday came round, which showed him a worse heathen than many a dog.
George Eliot -- Silas Marner

heathen = someone who is not a believing Christian

You're worse than a heathen — treating your own flesh and blood in that manner!
Emily Bronte -- Wuthering Heights

heathen = someone who is not civilized or not moral

The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
Agatha Christie -- And Then There Were None

heathen = people who do not believe in the God of the Bible

The heathens used a house of God to conceal their keystone.
Dan Brown -- The Da Vinci Code

heathens = people who do not believe in Christianity

They can pray for him, pay money to have the Bible put into his hand, and missionaries to instruct him; while they despise and totally neglect the heathen at their own doors.
Frederick Douglass -- The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

heathen = people who do not believe in Christianity

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