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Missioner

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A missionary.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A missionary.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A missionary; an envoy; one who conducts a mission. See mission, n., 6.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. One sent on a mission; an envoy.

n. A missionary.

n. One engaged in holding special religious services at a chapel or other place appendant to and supported by a mother church or religious society; specifically, in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches, a priest or member of a religious order devoted to the holding of missions. See mission, n., 5.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country

Word Usage

"The acquaintance of Mrs Esselmont and the minister had commenced soon after the coming of Mr Hume -- then little more than a lad -- a "missioner" to Nethermuir."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

religious person

Variant

mission

Hyponym

Saul of Tarsus pearl sydenstricker buck Mother Teresa agnes gonxha bojaxhiu pere jacques marquette

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

missionary envoy

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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