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believer

/bəˈlivə/buh-LEE-vur
/bəˈlivɚ/buh-LEE-vur

Meaningone who believes

Common meaning: someone with faith or trust in something

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishgeléfan‘have faith in’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishbelevesource
  3. Englishbelieve‘accept as true’
  4. Englishformed in English from believebeliever‘someone with faith or trust in something’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from believe + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), BELIEVE, p.59 · scan

Source words

  • geléfan Old English · source word “have faith in”

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