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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Converter

/kən-vẽrt'-ẽr/ · Con·vert·er · IPA /kənˈvɝtɚ/
01 n. One who converts; one who makes converts.
  1. 1.
    One who converts; one who makes converts.
  2. 2.
    A retort, used in the Bessemer process, in which molten cast iron is decarburized and converted into steel by a blast of air forced through the liquid metal.(Steel Manuf.)