Definition of heathen
- an old-fashioned and often disparaging term for a person who is not religious or whose religion is not Judaism, Islam, or especially Christianity
Usage examples of heathen
Don’t bring that heathen to Thanksgiving if he’s going to mock grace and start an argument about God.
He skipped church three weeks in a row and spent Sunday yelling at the TV—his grandmother called him a heathen.
Only a heathen would laugh through the hymn, pocket the collection plate, and ask where the bar is.