proselytes 1 of 2

plural of proselyte
as in recruits
a person who has recently been persuaded to join a religious sect an adult proselyte who had only recently been baptized

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proselytes

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of proselyte
as in converts
to persuade to change to one's religious faith she's been trying to proselyte everyone in the office ever since she joined that church

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Noun
  • These new pressures add to existing ones, such as building state-of-the-art facilities and hiring expensive coaches in hopes of landing recruits.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Set entirely in 1958 Stockholm, The New Force follows a small group of women who graduate as Sweden’s pioneering police recruits, most notably Carin (Josefin Asplund), Siv (Agnes Rase), and Ingrid (Malin Persson).
    Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Each of the casitas at Los Milics has a living room that converts to a bedroom.
    Richard Ruelas, AZCentral.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Taiwan converts time into a weapon by turning drones into throughput problems, from design to fab to field to refresh.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • For all these internet-savvy newcomers, though, making it to SNL is just the first part of the battle.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2025
  • No word yet on roles to be played by the newcomers.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025
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“Proselytes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proselytes. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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