Definition of "heathen"

heathen

/ˈhiːðən/

adjective
not comparable
1. Not adhering to an Abrahamic religion; pagan.
2. (by extension) Uncultured; uncivilized; savage, philistine.
3. Alternative letter-case form of Heathen (pertaining or adhering to the Germanic neo-pagan faith Heathenry).
noun
plural heathens or heathen
1. A person who does not follow an Abrahamic religion; a pagan.
  Quotations
  If it is no more than a moral discourse, he may preach it and they may hear it, and yet both continue unconverted heathens.
  V. Knox
  On hearing his cries two heathen who were hunting on the lagoon ran up, and they were bold enough to try to avenge the injury, making ready to shoot arrows at the soldiers, who fired two gunshots just to frighten them […]
  1930, H. E. Bolton, Anza's California expeditions, volume 1, page 403
2. (by extension) An uncultured or uncivilized person, philistine.
3. Alternative letter-case form of Heathen (an adherent of the Germanic neo-pagan faith of Heathenry).