adj
Meaning 1
Relating to a (religious) mission.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
missionary
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Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈmɪʃ.əˌnɛɹ.ɪ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɪʃ.ən(ə).ɹɪ/
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CMU ARPABET: M IH1 SH AH0 N EH2 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
One who is sent on a mission.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- Near-synonym: emissary
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: emissary
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A person who travels attempting to spread a religion or creed (Particularly used in context of Christianity).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: lifestyle, religion
Examples
- A missionary was just trying to convert me to his religion.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A religious messenger.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, derogatory, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
The missionary position for sexual intercourse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- My boyfriend only cums during missionary.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
Sexual intercourse in the missionary position.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 7
relating to or connected to a religious mission
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: missional
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: teacher, instructor
Narrower terms: Cyril, Saint Cyril, St. Cyril, Boniface, Saint Boniface, St. Boniface, Winfred, Wynfrith, Apostle of Germany, Livingstone, David Livingstone, Whitman, Marcus Whitman, Xavier, Saint Francis Xavier
noun
Meaning 9
someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: missioner
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: religious person
Narrower terms: Buck, Pearl Buck, Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, Marquette, Jacques Marquette, Pere Jacques Marquette, Paul, Saint Paul, St. Paul, Apostle Paul, Paul the Apostle, Apostle of the Gentiles, Saul, Saul of Tarsus, Schweitzer, Albert Schweitzer, Serra, Junipero Serra, Miguel Jose Serra, Teresa, Mother Teresa, Theresa, Mother Theresa, Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English mission Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English missionary From mission + -ary.
Across languages
Translations
115 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: мисионерски (misionerski) — relating to a mission
- Chinese Mandarin: 傳教的 /传教的 (chuánjiào de) — relating to a mission
- Finnish: lähetys- — relating to a mission
- German: missionarisch — relating to a mission
- Kazakh: миссионерлік (missionerlık) — relating to a mission
- Polish: misyjny — relating to a mission
- Polish: misjonarski — relating to a mission
- Albanian: misionar — person traveling to spread a religion
- Arabic: مُبَشِّر (mubaššir) — person traveling to spread a religion
- Arabic: مُنَصِّر (munaṣṣir) — person traveling to spread a religion
- Arabic: مُبَلِّغ (muballiḡ) — person traveling to spread a religion
- Arabic: مبشر (mubaššir) — person traveling to spread a religion
- Armenian: քարոզիչ (kʻarozičʻ) — person traveling to spread a religion
- Asturian: misioneru — person traveling to spread a religion
- Azerbaijani: missioner — person traveling to spread a religion
- Azerbaijani: mübəlliğ — person traveling to spread a religion
- Basque: misiolari — person traveling to spread a religion
- Belarusian: місіяне́р (misijanjér) — person traveling to spread a religion
- Belarusian: місіяне́рка (misijanjérka) — person traveling to spread a religion
- Belarusian: місіянэ́р (misijanér) — person traveling to spread a religion
- Belarusian: місіянэ́рка (misijanérka) — person traveling to spread a religion
- Bengali: ধর্মপ্রচারক (dhormoprocarok) — person traveling to spread a religion
- Bulgarian: мисионе́р (misionér) — person traveling to spread a religion
- Bulgarian: мисионе́рка (misionérka) — person traveling to spread a religion
- Catalan: missioner — person traveling to spread a religion
- Chinese Cantonese: 傳教士 /传教士 (cyun4 gaau3 si6) — person traveling to spread a religion
- Chinese Cantonese: 宣教士 (syun1 gaau3 si6) — person traveling to spread a religion
- Chinese Mandarin: 傳教士 /传教士 (chuánjiàoshì) — person traveling to spread a religion
- Chinese Mandarin: 傳道者 /传道者 (chuándàozhě) — person traveling to spread a religion
- Chinese Mandarin: 宣教士 (xuānjiàoshì) — person traveling to spread a religion
- Czech: misionář — person traveling to spread a religion
- Danish: missionær — person traveling to spread a religion
- Dutch: missionaris — person traveling to spread a religion
- Dutch: zendeling — person traveling to spread a religion
- Dutch: evangelist — person traveling to spread a religion
- Esperanto: misiisto — person traveling to spread a religion
- Estonian: misjonär — person traveling to spread a religion
- Finnish: lähetyssaarnaaja — person traveling to spread a religion
- French: missionnaire — person traveling to spread a religion
- Galician: misioneiro — person traveling to spread a religion
- Georgian: მისიონერი (misioneri) — person traveling to spread a religion
- German: Missionar — person traveling to spread a religion
- German: Missionarin — person traveling to spread a religion
- Greek: ιεραπόστολος (ierapóstolos) — person traveling to spread a religion
- Greenlandic: ajoqersuiartortitaq — person traveling to spread a religion
- Hawaiian: mikanele — person traveling to spread a religion
- Hebrew: מִיסְיוֹנֶר (misyonér) — person traveling to spread a religion
- Hindi: धर्मप्रचारक (dharmapracārak) — person traveling to spread a religion
- Hindi: धर्म-प्रचारक (dharm-pracārak) — person traveling to spread a religion
- Hindi: मिशनरी (miśanrī) — person traveling to spread a religion
- Hungarian: hittérítő — person traveling to spread a religion
- Hungarian: misszionárius — person traveling to spread a religion
- Icelandic: kristniboði — person traveling to spread a religion
- Icelandic: trúboði — person traveling to spread a religion
- Indonesian: misionaris — person traveling to spread a religion
- Irish: misinéir — person traveling to spread a religion
- Italian: missionario — person traveling to spread a religion
- Italian: missionaria — person traveling to spread a religion
- Japanese: 宣教師 (senkyōshi) — person traveling to spread a religion
- Kazakh: дінге үндеуші (dıñe ündeuşı) — person traveling to spread a religion
- Kazakh: дін таратушы (dın taratuşy) — person traveling to spread a religion
- Kazakh: миссионер (missioner) — person traveling to spread a religion
- Korean: 선교사 (seon'gyosa) — person traveling to spread a religion
- Kyrgyz: миссионер (missioner) — person traveling to spread a religion
- Latin: missiōnārius — person traveling to spread a religion
- Latvian: misionārs — person traveling to spread a religion
- Lithuanian: misionierius — person traveling to spread a religion
- Macedonian: мисионе́р (misionér) — person traveling to spread a religion
- Macedonian: мисионе́рка (misionérka) — person traveling to spread a religion
- Malay: mubaligh — person traveling to spread a religion
- Maltese: missjunarju — person traveling to spread a religion
- Mongolian: номлогч (nomlogč) — person traveling to spread a religion
- Mongolian: миссионер (missioner) — person traveling to spread a religion
- Norman: missionnaithe — person traveling to spread a religion
- Norwegian Bokmål: misjonær — person traveling to spread a religion
- Old English: ār — person traveling to spread a religion
- Pashto: مبلغ (mobaléǧ) — person traveling to spread a religion
- Iranian Persian: میسْیونِر (misyoner) — person traveling to spread a religion
- Iranian Persian: مُبَلِّغ (moballeġ) — person traveling to spread a religion
- Plautdietsch: Missionoa — person traveling to spread a religion
- Polish: misjonarz — person traveling to spread a religion
- Polish: misjonarka — person traveling to spread a religion
- Portuguese: missionário — person traveling to spread a religion
- Portuguese: missionária — person traveling to spread a religion
- Romanian: misionar — person traveling to spread a religion
- Romanian: misionară — person traveling to spread a religion
- Russian: миссионе́р (missionér) — person traveling to spread a religion
- Russian: миссионе́рка (missionérka) — person traveling to spread a religion
- Scottish Gaelic: teachdaire — person traveling to spread a religion
- Serbo-Croatian: мисио̀на̄р — person traveling to spread a religion
- Serbo-Croatian: misiònār — person traveling to spread a religion
- Slovak: misionár — person traveling to spread a religion
- Slovak: misionárka — person traveling to spread a religion
- Slovene: misijonar — person traveling to spread a religion
- Southern Altai: миссионер (missioner) — person traveling to spread a religion
- Spanish: misionero — person traveling to spread a religion
- Spanish: misionera — person traveling to spread a religion
- Spanish: misionario — person traveling to spread a religion
- Swahili: mmisionari — person traveling to spread a religion
- Swedish: missionär — person traveling to spread a religion
- Tagalog: misyonero — person traveling to spread a religion
- Tajik: миссионер (missioner) — person traveling to spread a religion
- Tajik: мубаллиғ (muballiġ) — person traveling to spread a religion
- Thai: มิชชันนารี — person traveling to spread a religion
- Thai: หมอสอนศาสนา — person traveling to spread a religion
- Turkish: misyoner — person traveling to spread a religion
- Turkish: mübelliğ — person traveling to spread a religion
- Ukrainian: місіоне́р (misionér) — person traveling to spread a religion
- Ukrainian: місіоне́рка (misionérka) — person traveling to spread a religion
- Urdu: مُبَلِّغ (muballiġ) — person traveling to spread a religion
- Urdu: مُرَبّی (murabbī) — person traveling to spread a religion
- Urdu: مِشْنَری (miśnarī) — person traveling to spread a religion
- Uzbek: missioner — person traveling to spread a religion
- Vietnamese: người truyền giáo — person traveling to spread a religion
- Vietnamese: cha truyền đạo — person traveling to spread a religion
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