missionary

English Thesaurus

1. someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program (noun.person)

hypernym	:	instructor, teacher,
definition	:	a person whose occupation is teaching (noun.person)

hyponym	:	cyril, saint cyril, st. cyril,
definition	:	Greek missionary; the invention of the Cyrillic alphabet is attributed to him (826-869) (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	apostle of germany, boniface, saint boniface, st. boniface, winfred, wynfrith,
definition	:	(Roman Catholic Church) Anglo-Saxon missionary who was sent to Frisia and Germany to spread the Christian faith; was martyred in Frisia (680-754) (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	david livingstone, livingstone,
definition	:	Scottish missionary and explorer who discovered the Zambezi River and Victoria Falls (1813-1873) (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	marcus whitman, whitman,
definition	:	United States frontier missionary who established a post in Oregon where Christianity and schooling and medicine were available to Native Americans (1802-1847) (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	saint francis xavier, xavier,
definition	:	Spanish missionary and Jesuit who establish missionaries in Japan and Ceylon and the East Indies (1506-1552) (noun.person)

2. someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country (noun.person)

hypernym	:	religious person,
definition	:	a person who manifests devotion to a deity (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	buck, pearl buck, pearl sydenstricker buck,
definition	:	United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892-1973) (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	jacques marquette, marquette, pere jacques marquette,
definition	:	French missionary who accompanied Louis Joliet in exploring the upper Mississippi River valley (1637-1675) (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	apostle of the gentiles, apostle paul, paul, paul the apostle, saint paul, saul, saul of tarsus, st. paul,
definition	:	(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 (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	albert schweitzer, schweitzer,
definition	:	French philosopher and physician and organist who spent most of his life as a medical missionary in Gabon (1875-1965) (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	junipero serra, miguel jose serra, serra,
definition	:	Spanish missionary who founded Franciscan missions in California (1713-1784) (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	agnes gonxha bojaxhiu, mother teresa, mother theresa, teresa, theresa,
definition	:	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) (noun.person)

derivation	:	mission, missionary work,
definition	:	the organized work of a religious missionary (noun.act)

derivation	:	charge, commission, mission,
definition	:	a special assignment that is given to a person or group (noun.act)

derivation	:	commission, delegacy, delegation, deputation, mission,
definition	:	a group of representatives or delegates (noun.group)

derivation	:	foreign mission, mission, missionary post, missionary station,
definition	:	an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work (noun.group)

3. relating to or connected to a religious mission (adj.pert)

pertainym	:	foreign mission, mission, missionary post, missionary station,
definition	:	an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work (noun.group)

4. someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country (noun.person)

derivation	:	mission, missionary work,
definition	:	the organized work of a religious missionary (noun.act)

derivation	:	charge, commission, mission,
definition	:	a special assignment that is given to a person or group (noun.act)

derivation	:	commission, delegacy, delegation, deputation, mission,
definition	:	a group of representatives or delegates (noun.group)

derivation	:	foreign mission, mission, missionary post, missionary station,
definition	:	an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work (noun.group)

5. relating to or connected to a religious mission (adj.pert)

pertainym	:	foreign mission, mission, missionary post, missionary station,
definition	:	an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work (noun.group)