belieber

plural beliebers

1. pronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of believer.

   But brederen, de joy ob de belieber in Jesus be set forth in a figerative manner in de text.

   1850 April, James V. Watson [ed., contrib.], “Incident in Itenerancy — The Eloquent Negro’s Sermon” in The Family Favorite and Temperance Journal, volume 1, № 4, page 93

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   Dem's de sort dat you neber see split into kinlins, fur it's de kind dat de true beliebers is made uf, and de righteous shill florish like de pam tree, he shill grow like de cedar in Libinum.

   1857 March, Mace Sloper, “The Observations of Mace Sloper, Esq.: Familiarly Narrated by Himself; Number Fourteen”, in The Knickerbocker, volume 49, page 276

   “The fascination of the music and the swaying motion of the dance is so great that one can hardly refrain from joining the magic circle in response to the invitation of the enthusiastic clappers, ‘Now, brudder!’ ‘Shout, sister!’ ‘Come, belieber!’ ‘Mauma Rosa kin shout!’ ‘Uncle Danyel!’ ‘Join, shouters!’ ”²⁷

   2007, Lawrence W. Levine, Black Culture and Black Consciousness: Afro-American Folk Thought from Slavery to Freedom (30th annotated reprint edition; Oxford University Press; →ISBN, 9780195305692), page 38

2. alternativeAlternative form of Belieber.

plural Beliebers · alternative belieber

1. informalA fan or supporter of Canadian singer Justin Bieber (born 1994); a Justin Bieber fanatic.

   A Belieber is sustained by the hope of someday being followed by, and receiving a direct message from Justin on Twitter.

   2010 August 13th (3:21pm), “Twitchell” (user name), alt.gossip.celebrities (Usenet newsgroup), “Inside the Weird World of Justin Bieber Micro-Gossip”, Message ID

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   There is simply nothing you can say that could make me feel remorse. If Justin sings Christmas, then for the duration of the track I am a Belieber.

   2011 December 12, Marina Hyde, “Whether it's Justin or Cliff, I'm a Belieber in Christmas songs”, in The Guardian

   Synonyms: Bieberite