prosemite

English

Alternative forms

• pro-Semite (uncommon)

Etymology

From pro- +‎ Semite.

Noun

prosemite (plural prosemites)

1. (uncommon) Someone who favors Semitism. [19th c.]

   Synonym: philo-Semite

   Antonym: anti-Semite

   • 1962, RL Tewari, A Critical Study of Loyalties (Galsworthy), page 148:

     Yet some people call him antisemite, others call him prosemite.

   • 1994, Arlie Hoover, Friedrich Nietzsche: His Life and Thought, page 98:

     He certainly was no antisemite in the conventional sense, but then neither was he a prosemite; one could safely call him an anti-antisemite.

   • 1884, Theosophical Society, The Theosophist, page 227:

     […] as his prosemite predilections must compel him to do so almost instinctively […]

Anagrams

• importees, peristome, temporise