proselyte

pros·e·lyte  (prs-lt)

n.

A new convert to a doctrine or religion.

v. pros·e·lyt·ed, pros·e·lyt·ing, pros·e·lytes

v.tr.

To proselytize (a person).

v.intr.

To engage in proselytization.

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[Middle English proselite, from Old French, from Late Latin proslytus, from Greek proslutos, stranger, proselyte : pros-, pros- + , luth- aorist tense stem of erkhesthai, to go.]

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prose·lyter n.

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proselyte [pross-ill-ite]

Noun

a recent convert [Greek prosēlutos recent arrival, convert]

proselytism n

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

proselyte - a new convert; especially a gentile converted to Judaism convert - a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief