Word Study
missionary
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun missionary has 2 senses
- missionary(n = noun.person) Array - someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program; Array is a kind of instructor, teacher
- missionary(n = noun.person) missioner - someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country; Array is a kind of religious person
has particulars: cyril, saint cyril, st. cyril
has particulars: buck, pearl buck, pearl sydenstricker buck, jacques marquette, marquette, pere jacques marquette, apostle of the gentiles, apostle paul, paul, paul the apostle, saint paul, saul, saul of tarsus, st. paul, albert schweitzer, schweitzer, junipero serra, miguel jose serra, serra, agnes gonxha bojaxhiu, mother teresa, mother theresa, teresa, theresa
Adjective missionary has 1 sense
- missionary(a = adj.pert) missional - relating to or connected to a religious mission; Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
One who is sent on a mission; especially, one sent to propagate religion. Swift. [1913 Webster]
missionary, a.
Of or pertaining to missions; as, a missionary meeting; a missionary fund. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
missionary, adj. & n.
--adj. of, concerned with, or characteristic of, religious missions.
--n. (pl. -ies) a person doing missionary work.
--adj. of, concerned with, or characteristic of, religious missions.
--n. (pl. -ies) a person doing missionary work.
Idiom
missionary position colloq. a position for sexual intercourse with the woman lying on her back and the man lying on top and facing her.
Etymology
mod.L missionarius f. L (as MISSION)
ROGET THESAURUS
missionary
Clergy
N clergy, clericals, ministry, priesthood, presbytery, the cloth, the desk, clergyman, divine, ecclesiastic, churchman, priest, presbyter, hierophant, pastor, shepherd, minister, father, father in Christ, padre, abbe, cure, patriarch, reverend, black coat, confessor, dignitaries of the church, ecclesiarch, hierarch, ebdomarius, eminence, reverence, elder, primate, metropolitan, archbishop, bishop, prelate, diocesan, suffragan, dean, subdean, archdeacon, prebendary, canon, rural dean, rector, parson, vicar, perpetual curate, residentiary, beneficiary, incumbent, chaplain, curate, deacon, deaconess, preacher, reader, lecturer, capitular, missionary, propagandist, Jesuit, revivalist, field preacher, churchwarden, sidesman, clerk, precentor, choir, almoner, suisse, verger, beadle, sexton, sacristan, acolyth, acolothyst, acolyte, altar boy, chorister, Pope, Papa, pontiff, high priest, cardinal, ancient flamen, flamen, confessor, penitentiary, spiritual director, cenobite, conventual, abbot, prior, monk, friar, lay brother, beadsman, mendicant, pilgrim, palmer, canon regular, canon secular, Franciscan, Friars minor, Minorites, Observant, Capuchin, Dominican, Carmelite, Augustinian, Gilbertine, Austin Friars, Black Friars, White Friars, Gray Friars, Crossed Friars, Crutched Friars, Bonhomme, Carthusian, Benedictine, Cistercian, Trappist, Cluniac, Premonstatensian, Maturine, Templar, Hospitaler, Bernardine, Lorettine, pillarist, stylite, abbess, prioress, canoness, religieuse, nun, novice, postulant, prophet, priest, high priest, Levite, Rabbi, Rabbin, Rebbe, scribe, mullah, muezzin, ayatollah, ulema, imaum, imam, sheik, sufi, kahin, kassis, mufti, hadji, dervish, fakir, faquir, brahmin, guru, kaziaskier, poonghie, sanyasi, druid, bonze, santon, abdal, Lama, talapoin, caloyer, the Reverend, the very Reverend, the Right Reverend, ordained, in orders, called to the ministry.Teacher
N teacher, trainer, instructor, institutor, master, tutor, director, Corypheus, dry nurse, coach, grinder, crammer, don, governor, bear leader, governess, duenna, disciplinarian, professor, lecturer, reader, prelector, prolocutor, preacher, chalk talker, khoja, pastor, schoolmaster, dominie, usher, pedagogue, abecedarian, schoolmistress, dame, monitor, pupil teacher, expositor, preceptor, guide, guru, mentor, pioneer, apostle, missionary, propagandist, munshi, example, professorship, tutelage, professorial, qui doet discet.
For further exploring for "missionary" in Webster Dictionary Online