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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Heathen \Hea"then\ (h[=e]"[th]'n; 277), n.; pl. {Heathens}
     (-[th]'nz) or collectively {Heathen}. [OE. hethen, AS.
     h[=ae][eth]en, prop. an adj. fr. h[=ae][eth] heath, and
     orig., therefore, one who lives in the country or on the
     heaths and in the woods (cf. pagan, fr. pagus village); akin
     to OS. h[=e][eth]in, adj., D. heiden a heathen, G. heide,


     OHG. heidan, Icel. hei[eth]inn, adj., Sw. heden, Goth.
     hai[thorn]n[=o], n. fem. See {Heath}, and cf. {Hoiden}.]
     1. An individual of the pagan or unbelieving nations, or
        those which worship idols and do not acknowledge the true
        God; a pagan; an idolater.
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     2. An irreligious person.
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              If it is no more than a moral discourse, he may
              preach it and they may hear it, and yet both
              continue unconverted heathens.        --V. Knox.
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     {The heathen}, as the term is used in the Scriptures, all
        people except the Jews; now used of all people except
        Christians, Jews, and Mohammedans.
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              Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for
              thine inheritance.                    --Ps. ii. 8.
  
     Syn: Pagan; gentile. See {Pagan}.
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