PROSELYTE


Meaning of PROSELYTE in English

n. & v.

--n.

1. a person converted, esp. recently, from one opinion, creed, party, etc., to another.

2 a Gentile convert to Judaism.

--v.tr. US PROSELYTIZE.

Derivatives:

proselytism n.

Etymology: ME f. LL proselytus f. Gk proseluthos stranger, convert (as PROS-, stem eluth- of erkhomai come)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.