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MISSIONER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country
Synonyms:
missionary; missioner
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("missioner" is a kind of...):
religious person (a person who manifests devotion to a deity)
Instance hyponyms:
Buck; Pearl Buck; Pearl Sydenstricker Buck (United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892-1973))
Jacques Marquette; Marquette; Pere Jacques Marquette (French missionary who accompanied Louis Joliet in exploring the upper Mississippi River valley (1637-1675))
Apostle of the Gentiles; Apostle Paul; Paul; Paul the Apostle; Saint Paul; Saul; Saul of Tarsus; St. Paul ((New Testament) a Christian missionary to the Gentiles; author of several Epistles in the New Testament; even though Paul was not present at the Last Supper he is considered an Apostle)
Albert Schweitzer; Schweitzer (French philosopher and physician and organist who spent most of his life as a medical missionary in Gabon (1875-1965))
Junipero Serra; Miguel Jose Serra; Serra (Spanish missionary who founded Franciscan missions in California (1713-1784))
Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu; Mother Teresa; Mother Theresa; Teresa; Theresa (Indian nun and missionary in the Roman Catholic Church (born of Albanian parents in what is now Macedonia); dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997))
Derivation:
mission (the organized work of a religious missionary)
mission (a special assignment that is given to a person or group)
mission (a group of representatives or delegates)
mission (an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work)
