According to the Oxford English Dictionary, one of the earliest published usages of the term Mormon to describe believers in the Book of Mormon was in 1833 by the Louisville (Kentucky) Daily Herald in an article, "The Mormons and the Anti-Mormons".
Prema Oxford English Dictionaryju, jedna od najranijih objavljenih upotreba naziva „mormon“, a kojom se opisuju oni koji vjeruju u Mormonovu knjigu, bila je 1833. g. u Daily Heraldu u Louisvilleu (država Kentucky), u članku „The Mormons and the Anti-Mormons“ ("Mormoni i antimormoni").