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)