pl of heathen.
2. heathen ·adj irreligious; scoffing.
3. heathen ·noun an irreligious person.
4. heathen ·adj barbarous; unenlightened; heathenish.
5. heathen ·adj gentile; pagan; as, a heathen author.
6. heathen ·noun an individual of the pagan or unbelieving nations, or those which worship idols and do not acknowledge the true god; a pagan; an idolater.