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MARRANO

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Overview

MARRANO (noun)
  The noun MARRANO has 1 sense:

1. (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 secretlyplay

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


English dictionary: Word details


MARRANO (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

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


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