| missionary | | |
| n. (person) | 1. missionary | someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program. |
| ~ instructor, teacher | a person whose occupation is teaching. |
| ~ apostle of germany, boniface, saint boniface, st. boniface, winfred, wynfrith | (Roman Catholic Church) Anglo-Saxon missionary who was sent to Frisia and Germany to spread the Christian faith; was martyred in Frisia (680-754). |
| ~ cyril, saint cyril, st. cyril | Greek missionary; the invention of the Cyrillic alphabet is attributed to him (826-869). |
| ~ david livingstone, livingstone | Scottish missionary and explorer who discovered the Zambezi River and Victoria Falls (1813-1873). |
| ~ marcus whitman, whitman | United States frontier missionary who established a post in Oregon where Christianity and schooling and medicine were available to Native Americans (1802-1847). |
| ~ saint francis xavier, xavier | Spanish missionary and Jesuit who establish missionaries in Japan and Ceylon and the East Indies (1506-1552). |
| n. (person) | 2. missionary, missioner | someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country. |
| ~ religious person | a person who manifests devotion to a deity. |
| ~ pearl buck, pearl sydenstricker buck, 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 the apostle, saint paul, saul of tarsus, paul, saul, 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.; "Paul's name was Saul prior to his conversion to Christianity" |
| ~ 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). |
| adj. (pertain) | 3. missional, missionary | relating to or connected to a religious mission. |
| missioner | | |
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