/
ˈprɒsɪlʌɪt/
n.
a convert from one opinion, religion, or party to another.
▸a person who has converted to Judaism.
v.
US term for
proselytize.
Derivative
- proselytism
/-lɪtɪz(ə)m/
n.
Etymology
ME: via late L. from Gk prosēluthos ‘stranger, convert’, from prosēluth-, proserkhesthai ‘approach’.
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