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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Miscreant

/mĭsʹkrē-ənt/ · Mis·cre·ant · IPA /ˈmɪs.kɹi.ənt/
01 n. One who holds a false religious faith; a misbeliever.
  1. 1.
    One who holds a false religious faith; a misbeliever.[Obs.]
    “Thou oughtest not to be slothful to the destruction of the miscreants, but to constrain them to obey our Lord God.” — Rivers.
  2. 2.
    One not restrained by Christian principles; an unscrupulous villain; a depraved person; a vile wretch.
02 a. Holding a false religious faith.
  1. 1.
    Holding a false religious faith.
  2. 2.
    Destitute of conscience; unscrupulous; villainous; base; depraved.