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prosemite

prosemite noun: someone who favors Semitism.

Noun

prosemite (plural prosemites)

  1. (uncommon) Someone who favors Semitism.
    • Yet some people call him antisemite, others call him prosemite.1962, RL Tewari, A Critical Study of Loyalties (Galsworthy), page 148
    • He certainly was no antisemite in the conventional sense, but then neither was he a prosemite; one could safely call him an anti-antisemite.1994, Arlie Hoover, Friedrich Nietzsche: His Life and Thought, page 98
    Synonyms:
    philo-Semite
    Antonyms:
    anti-Semite

Synonyms of prosemite

Antonyms

Forms of prosemite

pluralprosemites
alternative uncommonpro-Semite

Origin of prosemite

From pro- + Semite.

Questions about prosemite

What does prosemite mean?
Prosemite means someone who favors Semitism.
What part of speech is prosemite?
Prosemite is a noun.
What is the plural of prosemite?
The plural of prosemite is prosemites.

Words near prosemite in the dictionary

  1. prosemen
  2. proseminar
  3. proseminaries
  4. proseminars
  5. proseminary
  6. prosemite
  7. prosemites
  8. prosencephala
  9. prosencephalic
  10. prosencephalon
  11. prosencephalons

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