missioner
English Thesaurus
1. 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) |
| 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) |
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