missionary
English
/ˈmɪʃəˌnɛɹɪ/, /ˈmɪʃən(ə)ɹɪ/
noun
Definitions
- One who is sent on a mission.
- A person who travels attempting to spread a religion or a creed.
- (pejorative) A religious messenger.
- (uncountable) The missionary position for sexual intercourse.
Etymology
Suffix from English mission.
Origin
English
mission
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Mihanere English
- antimissionary English
- mission English
- missional English
- missionarying English
- missionaryism English
- missionaryize English
- missionarylike English
- missionee English
- missioner English
- missionise English
- missionization English
- missionize English
- missionless English
- multimission English
- nonmissionary English
- missiōnem Latin
- misheni Swahili
- mmisionari Swahili
- umisionari Swahili
- misin Tok Pisin
- misinari Tok Pisin
- hoʻomikanele Hawaiian
- mikanele Hawaiian
- Mihinare Maori
- misin Chuukese
- misineri Chuukese