— proselyter , n.
/pros"euh luyt'/ , n. , v. , proselyted, proselyting .
n.
1. a person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; convert.
v.i. , v.t.
2. proselytize.
[ 1325-75; ME proselytus prosélytos, for * prosélythos newcomer, proselyte, equiv. to proselyth- (suppletive s. of prosérchesthai to approach) + -os n. suffix ]
Syn. 1. neophyte, disciple.