Unbeliever

[UN-¹ 12.] One who does not believe; spec. one who does not accept a particular religious belief, an infidel.

1526.  Tindale, 2 Cor. vi. 14. Beare nott the yooke wyth the vnbelevers.

1597.  Hooker, Eccl. Pol., V. lxxx. § 2. The name of Pagans, which properly signifieth country people, came to be used in common speech for the same that infidels and vnbeleeuers were.

1618.  J. Taylor (Water P.), Pennyles Pilgr., F ij. This sounds like a lie to an vnbeleeuer; but I … knowe that I speake within the compasse of truth.

1653.  W. Ramesey, Astrol. Restored, 32. In the dark corners of the Gentiles, who were then unbelievers.

1709.  Addison, Tatler, No. 111, ¶ 4. To become conspicuous, [he] declares that he is an Unbeliever.

1777.  Priestley, Matt. & Spir., I. Pref. (1782), p. viii. The cry against me as an unbeliever … was … general and loud.

1825.  Scott, Talism., iii. The miseries imposed by the unbelievers upon the Latin Christians in the Holy Land.

1837.  W. A. Butler, Serm. Doctr. & Pract., Ser. II. xx. (1856), 202. The unbeliever may chafe at the mysteries of faith.