missioner

/ˈmɪʃənər/
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Other forms: missioners

Definitions of missioner
  1. noun
    someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country
    synonyms: missionary
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    Pearl Sydenstricker Buck
    United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892-1973)
    Pere Jacques Marquette
    French missionary who accompanied Louis Joliet in exploring the upper Mississippi River valley (1637-1675)
    Apostle of the Gentiles
    (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
    Albert Schweitzer
    French philosopher and physician and organist who spent most of his life as a medical missionary in Gabon (1875-1965)
    Miguel Jose Serra
    Spanish missionary who founded Franciscan missions in California (1713-1784)
    Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu
    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)
    type of:
    religious person
    a person who manifests devotion to a deity
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