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Lynd writes as a scholar as well as a proselyter, and his slim volume valuably documents the American tradition of dissent.

From Time Magazine Archive

Upon the ringing of the dinner-bell, entered Br�sig's proselyter, the candidate Gottlieb Baldrian.

From Seed-time and Harvest A Novel by Reuter, Fritz

Then, presently, along comes a man from somewheres in Illinois, en' he up an' spots this preacher as a famous Mormon proselyter.

From Riders of the Purple Sage by Grey, Zane

He never discussed Socialism with her, and this was strange, as he was an ardent proselyter.

From Comrade Yetta by Edwards, Albert

"I seen in your face that Dyer, now a bishop, was the proselyter who ruined Milly Erne."

From Riders of the Purple Sage by Grey, Zane