believer
Americannoun
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someone who has confidence in the truth, existence, or reliability of something.
I am a firm believer that evolution happened the way that evolutionary biologists describe.
The team’s offensive coordinator is a big believer in the run game versus the passing game.
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someone who has or professes faith in something, especially a religion.
The church has grown from a handful of believers, meeting in the pastor’s living room, to a congregation now in excess of 1,000.
Other Word Forms
- pre-believer noun
Etymology
Origin of believer
Example Sentences
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She added that she remains "a genuine believer" in where the firm is headed.
From BBC
Residents Assn. is as die-hard a true believer as Bastian, and she went on for several minutes about music venues, farmers markets, dining, diversity and the sense of community.
From Los Angeles Times
You’d have a hard time finding a stronger believer in AI’s potential.
"I'm a big believer in preventing something first," Smith says.
From BBC
For believers in Musk, however, “you would want to buy semicap,” he said.
From MarketWatch
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