missionary

English

Etymology

mission +‎ -ary

Pronunciation
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɪʃ.əˌnɛɹ.ɪ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɪ.ʃən.(ə)ɹɪ/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Hyphenation: mis‧sion‧ary

Noun

missionary (countable and uncountable, plural missionaries)

  1. One who is sent on a mission.
  2. (religion) A person who travels attempting to spread a religion or creed.
    A missionary was just trying to convert me to his religion.
  3. (derogatory) A religious messenger.
  4. (uncountable) The missionary position for sexual intercourse.
  5. (uncountable, slang) Sexual intercourse in the missionary position.

Derived terms

Translations
missionary position — see missionary position

Adjective

missionary (not comparable)

  1. Relating to a (religious) mission.

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