Missioner

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  • noun. A missionary.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One sent on a mission; an envoy.
  • noun. A missionary.
  • noun. One engaged in holding special religious services at a chapel or other place appendant to and supported by a mother church or religious society; specifically, in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches, a priest or member of a religious order devoted to the holding of missions. See mission, n., 5.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A missionary; an envoy; one who conducts a mission. See mission, n., 6.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A missionary.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country
    • Word Usage
    "The acquaintance of Mrs Esselmont and the minister had commenced soon after the coming of Mr Hume -- then little more than a lad -- a "missioner" to Nethermuir."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    religious person  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    Marquette  Mother Teresa  Mother Theresa  Paul  Saint Paul  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Baptist  assertor  calliope  coloniser  evangel  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    envoy  missionary  
    variant
    mission  
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