believer



true believer

One who passionately supports a cause or concept. My sister is a true believer in social equality, so she is out at the protest today.
See also: believer, true

make a believer (out) of someone

to convince someone decisively about something. The game they played made a believer out of me; from now on, I'm betting on them. It was an interesting discussion, but it did not make a believer out of me.
See also: believer, make, of

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
AnnamÁRia-Hungarian
CesareCHE-zah-reItalian
Modestamo-DHE-stah (Spanish)Spanish, Late Roman
Sargent['sa:dʒənt]
KerstinSHESH-tin (Swedish), KER-stin (German)Swedish, German
Shlomit-Hebrew