giaour

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Noun
  • Among those cut was the Unitarian Universalist Association (others were atheists, pagans and Wiccans).
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 11 June 2026
  • Sometimes he was described as a modern-day Cyrus, a Persian king and a pagan in the Hebrew Bible whom God nevertheless anointed and would use for his purposes.
    Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026
Noun
  • Her poems inspire liberals and conservatives, atheists and believers, naturalists and urbanites.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 17 June 2026
  • Among those cut was the Unitarian Universalist Association (others were atheists, pagans and Wiccans).
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 11 June 2026
Noun
  • An idea could be forming despite unbelievers.
    Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Furthermore, Christianity was a proselytizing religion, which commanded its followers to bring unbelievers into the fold.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Safia and Elham became enemies of a state that wanted to punish them for the actions of a Taliban regime in Kabul that regarded them as traitors and infidels.
    George Packer, The Atlantic, 13 May 2026
  • Sunni imams issued fatwas, legal condemnations by Islamic religious leaders, against us infidels.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Such processions draw the faithful as well as droves of nonbelievers and tourists.
    Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026
  • Or, truer to the inequity of the moment, deliverance for the faithful few; woe to us nonbelievers (ultimately this is a tax-bracket theology—the wealthier always seem to be more devout).
    Jonathan Odden, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • From there, the beef between the two couples runs the gamut from faux-gentile to downright nasty.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Several new billboards on Interstate 84 in Hartford and West Hartford are sending a not-so-gentile reminder that rat poison kills more than just rats.
    Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • For background, the usual race idolaters expressed fierce outrage over Clark associating with Wallen, who once used a racial slur in 2021.
    Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026
  • An angel then killed 185,000 Assyrian idolaters.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
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“Giaour.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/giaour. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.

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