converso
noun
a Jewish person, especially in Spain or Portugal, who was converted, often forcibly, to Christianity during the Middle Ages.
conversos
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pluralof converso.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The inquisitors then ventured further afield to enforce the pope’s dictates, particularly against conversos, Jewish converts, and secondarily, Christianized Muslims, Protestants and freethinkers.
From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2012
Most such villages are inhabited by Indians, but these were Europeans, with Spanish surnames typical of conversos.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2011
They are probably the descendants of conversos, Sephardic Jews from Spain and Portugal who were forced to convert to Christianity in the 1490s but were nonetheless persecuted in the Inquisition.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2011
Now I realize there are the ghosts of those who left and the ghosts of the conversos too.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
I’ve heard Father say this many times, even though in our own family there are converts, called conversos.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
