Definitions for pagan
pagan
pa·gan
Spelling: [pey-guh n]
IPA: /ˈpeɪ gən/
Pagan is a 5 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.
You can make 37 anagrams from letters in pagan (aagnp).
Definitions for pagan
noun
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(no longer in technical use) one of a people or community observing a polytheistic religion, as the ancient Romans and Greeks.
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a member of a religious, spiritual, or cultural community based on the worship of nature or the earth; a neopagan.
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Disparaging and Offensive.
(in historical contexts) a person who is not a Christian, Jew, or Muslim; a heathen.
an irreligious or hedonistic person.
an uncivilized or unenlightened person.
adjective
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of, relating to, or characteristic of pagans.
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Disparaging and Offensive.
relating to the worship or worshipers of any religion that is neither Christian, Jewish, nor Muslim.
irreligious or hedonistic.
(of a person) uncivilized or unenlightened.
Origin of pagan
1325-75; Middle English Medieval Latin, Late Latin pāgānus ‘worshiper of false gods’, orig. ‘civilian’ (i.e., not a soldier of Christ), Latin: ‘peasant’, noun use of pāgānus ‘rural, civilian’