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converso

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Borrowed from Spanish converso. Doublet of converse.

noun conversos

A Jew or Muslim in Spain or Portugal who converted to Roman Catholicism under duress, particularly during the 14th and 15th centuries. Guillermina Jasso, a sociology professor at New York University, said Angel was “evocative of the old converso practice of taking on very Christian surnames as a way of survival in a suspicious environment.”
Similar: crypto-Jew, Marrano

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@misc{converso_2026,
  title = {converso},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/converso},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}