3 uses
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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
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
- Clare's mind flew to the impassioned, summer-steeped heathens in the Var Vale, their rosy faces court-patched with cow-droppings; and to one the most impassioned of them all.4 — The Consequence (5% in)
- The heathen temple, you mean?7 — Fulfilment (84% in)
- And you used to say at Talbothays that I was a heathen.7 — Fulfilment (86% in)
There are no more uses of "heathen" in Tess of the d'Urbervilles.
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