converso

American  

[kuhn-ver-soh] / kənˈvɛr soʊ /

noun

conversos plural

1. History/Historical. a Jewish person, especially in Spain or Portugal, who was converted, often forcibly, to Christianity during the Middle Ages.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• conversos
  plural

Example Sentences

Duarte, who lived from 1610 to around 1678, belonged to the converso community of Antwerp—Jews who fled Portugal and Spain and converted to Catholicism.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 11, 2019

De Carvajal was a converso, forced to adopt Catholicism but suspected of clandestinely practicing Jewish rituals.

From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2016

In the States where the dollar is 3/8 of a pound, this Unit will be 25/96 of a pound, and the operation must be to multiply by 25, and divide by 96, et e converso.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson

This answer was given by a fra converso, or lay brother, whose accent told plainly that he was a raw contadino, and whose dull glance implied no curiosity.

From Romola by Eliot, George

The proof of this is that the “right” whale of the northern hemisphere is never found in the southern hemisphere, or e converso.

From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Semmes, Raphael