proselytizer

Definition of proselytizernext

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Noun
  • Leo, who spent two decades working as a missionary in Peru, would be intimately familiar with the plight of Indigenous peoples in mining areas and the environmental impact of extraction industries on the land.
    ABC News, ABC News, 20 June 2026
  • Friends described Boelter as an evangelical Christian and occasional preacher and missionary who held politically conservative views and had been struggling to find work.
    Tim Sullivan, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
Noun
  • Seven Mountains has brought the language of spiritual warfare and demon-fighting into the mainstream of evangelicalism, through a network of pastors who view themselves as prophets and apostles engaged in a battle against evil secular forces.
    Eliza Griswold, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
  • Sheiner also appeared as the apostle James the Elder in George Stevens’ The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) and had a meaty turn as Guido Lorenz, cop and partner of Charles Bronson’s Det.
    Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • Mexico sent two Mexican Air Force transport planes carrying 261 personnel, including soldiers, air force members and National Guard troops, Reuters reported.
    Helen Regan, CNN Money, 26 June 2026
  • National Guard soldiers and airmen will be tasked with crowd control, traffic management and security patrols.
    Zac Anderson, USA Today, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • The other Founders had acolytes who promoted their legacy and preserved their records, but Wilson died a pariah, which kept him out of history books as the conventional narrative of the founding took shape.
    Jesse Wegman, The Atlantic, 20 June 2026
  • Over the years, Smith has done only a select handful of collaborations with his acolytes, such as Chvrches, the Twilight Sad, Crystal Castles, Gorillaz, and Tweaker.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 8 June 2026
Noun
  • Hamer signed up and, through her courage, charisma, and oratory, quickly drew ardent disciples and ruthless adversaries.
    Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026
  • The architect was Robert Cika, a disciple of a disciple of Frank Lloyd Wright.
    Bruce Handy, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Noun
  • Many today argue that those who flooded into the nation’s legislative hall were the true adherents of American patriotism.
    Dr. Matthew Warshauer, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2026
  • Physics Universal Love Language, the second album by Syrian-Armenian-American singer Káryyn, is tuned to 432hz, a standard that is, according to new age adherents, more in line with the hum of the universe.
    Alex Robert Ross, Pitchfork, 15 June 2026
Noun
  • His account of the violent neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party evokes antipathy: votaries of the far right have murdered immigrants and leftists, built deep links to Greek law enforcement that give greater latitude to their thuggery, and gained modest representation in the parliament.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 21 Oct. 2025
  • But the fate of the votary is to require and receive a constant renewal of faith.
    Jeff Weiss, Spin, 21 Aug. 2023
Noun
  • While Fed followers see Warsh’s task forces as an ambitious campaign to reevaluate nearly every part of the Fed’s policy-setting process, the harsh language the chairman previously used to describe the Fed was largely absent from his remarks last week.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 22 June 2026
  • With over 9,000 followers on Instagram, owners Jones and his wife Ana curated a strong social media presence that created a steady stream of familiar shoppers.
    Delia Rose Sauer, Miami Herald, 22 June 2026
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“Proselytizer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proselytizer. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.

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