missionary
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: mis‧sion‧ary
Noun
missionary (countable and uncountable, plural missionaries)
- One who is sent on a mission.
- A person who travels attempting to spread a religion or a creed.
- A missionary was just trying to convert me to his religion.
- (derogatory) A religious messenger.
- (uncountable) The missionary position for sexual intercourse.
Derived terms
Translations
person traveling to spread a religion
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missionary position — see missionary position
Adjective
missionary (not comparable)
- Relating to a (religious) mission
Translations
relating to a mission
See also
- missionary on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Missionary (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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