missionary
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɪʃ.əˌnɛɹ.ɪ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɪ.ʃən.(ə)ɹɪ/
Audio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: mis‧sion‧ary
Noun
[edit]missionary (countable and uncountable, plural missionaries)
- One who is sent on a mission.
- (religion) A person who travels attempting to spread a religion or creed (Particularly used in context of Christianity).
- A missionary was just trying to convert me to his religion.
- (derogatory) A religious messenger.
- (uncountable) The missionary position for sexual intercourse.
- My boyfriend only cums during missionary.
- (uncountable, slang) Sexual intercourse in the missionary position.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]person traveling to spread a religion
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missionary position — see missionary position
Adjective
[edit]missionary (not comparable)
- Relating to a (religious) mission.
Translations
[edit]relating to a mission
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See also
[edit]missionary on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Missionary (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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