"'vert" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: 'verts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} 'vert (plural 'verts)
  1. (archaic, colloquial) A religious convert. Tags: archaic, colloquial
    Sense id: en-'vert-en-noun-f4t4gVRs

Inflected forms

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          "text": "But, in point of talent, it is the only publication that I know of professing to emanate from Roman Catholics in this country that can be named in the same breath with the leading Protestant reviews or journals. I own frankly, I cannot say this of the Dublin, notwithstanding that its editor is a 'vert, and that some big 'verts write in it.",
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