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CONVERSO

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Overview

CONVERSO (noun)
  The noun CONVERSO has 1 sense:

1. (medieval Spain and Portugal) a Jew or Moor who professed to convert to Christianity in order to avoid persecution or expulsionplay

  Familiarity information: CONVERSO used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


CONVERSO (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(medieval Spain and Portugal) a Jew or Moor who professed to convert to Christianity in order to avoid persecution or expulsion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Converso" is a kind of...):

convert (a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Converso"):

Marrano ((medieval Spain and Portugal) a disparaging term for a Jew who converted to Christianity in order to avoid persecution but continued to practice their religion secretly)


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