CONVERSO

Converso

(noun) (medieval Spain and Portugal) a Jew or Moor who professed to convert to Christianity in order to avoid persecution or expulsion

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

converso (plural conversos)

(history) A Jew or Muslim in Spain or Portugal who converted to Roman Catholicism under duress, particularly during the 14th and 15th centuries.

Anagrams

• Conovers

Source: Wiktionary



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27 April 2024

GREAT

(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”


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“Coffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.” – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States

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