proselyte
noun
a person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; convert.
proselyter
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a word derived from
proselyte.
Example Sentences
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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
He never discussed Socialism with her, and this was strange, as he was an ardent proselyter.
From Comrade Yetta by Edwards, Albert
Hence the fanatic can exist only in a crowd, from inward weakness anxious for outward confirmation; and, therefore, an eager proselyter and intolerant.
From Literary Remains, Volume 2 by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
An' I tried to get on the trail of that proselyter.
From Riders of the Purple Sage by Grey, Zane
"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
