missionee

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

mission +‎ -ee

Noun[edit]

missionee (plural missionees)

  1. The person whom a missionary attempts to convert to a religion.
    • 2015, Fred Dervin, Saija Benjamin, Migration, Diversity, and Education: Beyond Third Culture Kids:
      […] any supposition that the construction was symmetrical, or that the discourse of the missionary and the missionee is evenly shared must surely be questioned.
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