Bible Dictionaries
Freethinker

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) One who speculates or forms opinions independently of the authority of others; esp., in the sphere or religion, one who forms opinions independently of the authority of revelation or of the church; an unbeliever; - a term assumed by deists and skeptics in the eighteenth century.

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