All 7 Uses

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Jacob Have I Loved
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"T'ain't fitting a heathen should read the Word of God," she said.†
Chpt 10 *

heathen = someone who is not civilized or not moral OR an offensive term for a person who does not believe in a preferred religion
Letting that heathen into our house.†
Chpt 11
She's peeking around for that heathen Captain of hers.†
Chpt 12
I'll not have that heathen in my house, much less in my bed.†
Chpt 13
If people had known about the Captain's wine, they would have simply condemned him as a heathen and prayed over him on Wednesday night.†
Chpt 14
"I ain't seen that old heathen about," she said.†
Chpt 17
Old heathen.†
Chpt 17

Definitions:

(1) (heathen)
an often offensive (sometimes humorous) word for someone seen as uncivilized or immoral, especially because she does not share the speaker’s religion or comes from a culture unfamiliar with it

This word is usually judgmental or insulting, so today it is used mostly in joking contexts or when describing older attitudes.
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
More rarely, heathen can refer to a person who lacks culture or good taste.