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PROSELYTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does proselyte mean? 

PROSELYTE (noun)
  The noun PROSELYTE has 1 sense:

1. a new convert; especially a gentile converted to Judaismplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PROSELYTE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A new convert; especially a gentile converted to Judaism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

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

Derivation:

proselytize (convert to another faith or religion)


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