missionary

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Traditional and boring as it might be, missionary feels nice.

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Quick take

someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of missionary gathered in one view.

noun

someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program

noun

someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country

adjective

relating to or connected to a religious mission

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for missionary.

noun

someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program

noun

someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country

adjective

relating to or connected to a religious mission

Example sentences

Traditional and boring as it might be, missionary feels nice.

In 1967, my parents received a letter from a missionary who taught at a school in rural Honduras.

Kent Beck is a missionary, bringing them the gospel of automated testing.

Let's be sure that Google is a business, not a missionary organization.

My original plan was to be a missionary in the middle of a jungle somewhere.

He is a missionary doctor oversea, working in some of the poorest countries in the world, clearly not doing for the money.

It's the classic "I think I made it without help so fuck everyone else", plus some missionary fervour, Saint Theresa style: "don't give them free stuff!

Still, what a borderline-presumptuous missionary tack to take with someone I respect.

They didn't know the missionary that was walking beside me was an intellectual Boston, MA native who converted in his early twenties.

NPR said they are building it there because Utah has the most linguistically talented population in the country due to Mormon missionary work.

I lived in Mongolia for two years as a missionary and taught ESL at schools every day. The schools systems there are what you would expect from a 3rd world country but it never ceased to amaze me how many bright, gifted Mongolians that had innate desire to learn and improve their situation, even with very troubling situations at home.