infidel

/IN-fih-del/noun

a person with no religious faith; an unbeliever (often derogatory)

Medieval chroniclers branded every foreign army an infidel horde.
Synonyms
unbeliever, heathen, heretic
Antonyms
believer, devotee
Root
fid- (faith)
Memory hook
in (not) + fidel (faithful): one outside the faith.

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