Word of the Day:
believer
What It Means
A person who believes; especially regarding religion.
She's a believer in life after death.
Believer in Context
“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.”
Did You Know?
From Middle English bilevar, bileever, belever, equivalent to believe + -er.
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