prosemite en · NOUN
Etymology
From pro- + Semite.
Meanings
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(uncommon) Someone who favors Semitism.
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:Yet some people call him antisemite, others call him prosemite.
1962, RL Tewari, A Critical Study of Loyalties (Galsworthy), page 148:[…] as his prosemite predilections must compel him to do so almost instinctively […]
1884, Theosophical Society, The Theosophist, page 227:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pro-Semite | alternative, uncommon | lexicographic | |
| prosemites | Number=Plur | lexicographic |