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1. (Also, mis&prim;sion&sylnb;er.) missionary
a person sent by a church into an area to carry on religious or humanitarian work.
2. missionary
a person who attempts to persuade or convert others.
3. (adj.) missionary
pertaining to religious missions.
4. missionary
characteristic of a missionary.
Etymology: (1635–45; < NL missiōnārius. See mission , -ary)
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| Definition of 'missionary' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) missionary
someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program
2. (adj) missionary, missioner
someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country
3. (adj) missionary, missional
relating to or connected to a religious mission
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1. (noun) missionary
people who teach Christianity to people in other countries
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| Definition of 'missionary' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) missionary
of or pertaining to missions; as, a missionary meeting; a missionary fund
2. missionary
one who is sent on a mission; especially, one sent to propagate religion
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Sense: a person who is sent to teach and spread a particular religion.
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 Afrikaans: missionaris, sendeling |
 Arabic: مُرْسَل، مُبَشِّر ديني |
 Bulgarian: мисионер |
 Brazilian: missionário |
 Czech: misionář |
 German: der/die Missionar(in) |
 Danish: missionær |
 Greek: ιεραπόστολος |
 Spanish: misionero |
 Estonian: misjonär |
 Farsi: مبلغ |
 Finnish: lähetyssaarnaaja |
 French: missionnaire |
 Hebrew: מִיסיוֹנֶר |
 Hindi: धर्म प्रचार करने वाला |
 Croatian: misionar |
 Hungarian: misszionárius |
 Indonesian: misionaris |
 Icelandic: trúboði |
 Italian: missionario |
 Japanese: 宣教師 |
 Korean: 선교사 |
 Lithuanian: misionierius |
 Latvian: misionārs |
 Malay: mubaligh |
 Dutch: zendeling, missionaris |
 Norwegian: misjonær |
 Polish: misjonarz |
 Persian: مبلغ |
 Pashto: بلونكى |
 Portuguese: missionário |
 Romanian: misionar |
 Russian: миссионер |
 Slovak: misionár |
 Slovenian: misijonar |
 Serbian: misionar |
 Swedish: missionär |
 Thai: หมอสอนศาสนา |
 Turkish: misyoner |
 Taiwanese: 傳教士 |
 Ukrainian: місіонер |
 Urdu: تبلیغی کام کرنے والا |
 Vietnamese: người truyền giáo |
 Chinese: 传教士 |
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