Bible Dictionaries
Materialist

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) One who denies the existence of spiritual substances or agents, and maintains that spiritual phenomena, so called, are the result of some peculiar organization of matter.

(2):

(n.) One who holds to the existence of matter, as distinguished from the idealist, who denies it.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Materialist'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​m/materialist.html. 1828.