Pagan

Noun

• 1. a. A person not subscribing to any major or recognized religion, esp. the dominant religion of a particular society; spec. a heathen, a non-Christian, esp. considered as savage, uncivilized, etc. Now chiefly hist.

b. A follower of a pantheistic or nature-worshipping religion; esp. a neopagan.

• 2. In extended use.

a. euphem. A prostitute. Obs.

b. A person of unorthodox, uncultivated or backward beliefs, tastes, etc.; a person who has not been converted to the current dominant views of a society, group, etc.; an uncivilized or unsocialized person, esp. a child.

Adjective

• 1. a. Holding, characteristic of, or relating to those who do not subscribe to any major or recognized religion, esp. the dominant religion of a particular society; spec. heathen, non-Christian or pre-Christian (usually with connotations of savagery or primitiveness). Now chiefly hist.

b. Pantheistic, nature-worshipping; (now) esp. neopagan.

• 2. In extended use: immoral, spiritually lacking; uncivilized, backward, savage.