Entry Word: convert

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a person who has recently been persuaded to join a religious sect <the converts were the most vocal and fervent worshippers in the church>

Synonyms proselyte

Related Words newcomer, novice, recruit

2 one who follows the opinions or teachings of another <the British biologist T. H. Huxley was one of the earliest converts to Darwinʼs theory of evolution> — see follower