English > missionary: 3 senses > noun 2, person | Meaning | someone sent on a mission / mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country. |
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| Synonym | missioner |
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| Instances | Buck, Pearl Buck, Pearl Sydenstricker Buck | United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China / China (1892-1973) |
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| Marquette, Jacques Marquette, Pere Jacques Marquette | French missionary who accompanied Louis Joliet in exploring the upper Mississippi River valley (1637-1675) |
| Paul, Saint Paul, St. Paul, Apostle Paul, Paul the Apostle, Apostle of the Gentiles, Saul, Saul of Tarsus | (New Testament) a Christian missionary to the Gentiles |
| Schweitzer, Albert Schweitzer | French philosopher and physician and organist who spent most of his life as a medical missionary / missionary in Gabon (1875-1965) |
| Serra, Junipero Serra, Miguel Jose Serra | Spanish missionary who founded Franciscan missions in California (1713-1784) |
| Teresa, Mother Teresa, Theresa, Mother Theresa, Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu | Indian nun and missionary in the Roman Catholic Church (born of Albanian parents in what is now Macedonia) |
| Broader | religious person | A person who manifests devotion to a deity |
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