A formal word for someone who is being or has been persuaded

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I'm interested in finding a word for a person who is being or has been persuaded.
The person doing the persuasion is called a "persuader", but the person being persuaded is called a "persuadee"? I'm wondering if there is a more formal or more well-known alternative word choice.
Depending on where a persuader is coming from, a(n) X will react very differently

tblue · Accepted Answer

Target audience, focus....also found the snippet below:
https://law.marquette.edu/facultyblog/2015/06/persuading-people-who-dont-want-to-be-persuaded/
PERSUADING PEOPLE WHO DON’T WANT TO BE PERSUADED

“It’s not me; it’s you.” This tidbit all lawyers know: no matter how
great and logical your argument, “if it doesn’t resonate for the
recipient, you won’t get anywhere” (173). So, when persuading, we need
to hook our recipients so the argument will resonate with them. How?
Stories.

LPH · Answer

From SOED

-ee from verbs, with the sense 'person subject to an action or involved in an action', as employee, payee, devotee, escapee, conferee, standee

The nouns collected in the entry are found in the dictionary but this suffix is rather freely productive so that you can say persuadee, which is not found in the dictionary I use.

Pete · Answer

How about convert or proselyte. Would that work?

A formal word for someone who is being or has been persuaded

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