Converso

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A Jew or Muslim in Spain or Portugal who converted to Roman Catholicism under duress, particularly during the 14th and 15th centuries.
    • Word Usage
    "Interestingly, it's almost hip now to claim converso ancestry, and there has been something of a movement among people claiming converso ancestry to "reconvert" -- or restore themselves -- to the faith of their very distant fathers."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    convert   
    Hyponym
    Marrano   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    si'luran    incognitae    ourlittle    nēmō    peris    mixed-race    half-elven    lorem    obiter    islands'   
     
    Disclaimer: This site has been created by RJ Softwares and is part of the Lexulous & Wordscraper games.