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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(medieval Spain and Portugal) a Jew or Moor who professed to convert to Christianity in order to avoid persecution or expulsion
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Converso" is a kind of...):
convert (a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Converso"):
Marrano ((medieval Spain and Portugal) a disparaging term for a Jew who converted to Christianity in order to avoid persecution but continued to practice their religion secretly)
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