Believer Meaning
/bɪˈlivɚ/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA person who believes; especially regarding religion.
Sentence Examples
So you've got to be a believer.
John is a strong believer in fresh air.
CEFR Practice Quiz
As a firm ____ in ghosts, she always carries a ghost detector.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He is a strong ____ in the power of education to change the world city.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English bilevar, bileever, belever, equivalent to believe + -er.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
"A long list of thinkers, both believers and nonbelievers, have posited something like an innate religious instinct."
— 2009 February 28, Peter Steinfels, “Scandanavian Nonbelievers, Which Is Not to Say Atheists”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 31 Jan 2022:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
As a firm ____ in ghosts, she always carries a ghost detector.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He is a strong ____ in the power of education to change the world city.