appearing to be a student who lives a not so ordinary life, part of an illegal boxing club, she finds herself caught in a matter much more perilous. heath·en /ˈhēT͟Hən/ nounDEROGATORY plural noun: heathens INFORMAL an unenlightened person; a person regarded as lacking culture or moral principles. could refer to people outside a specific group. people who we think are morally weaker than us, or people we don't understand and appear odd. "all my friends are heathens." synonym(s): hyeji.