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missioner

missioner

7.5
A person sent by a church to help and teach people in another country
  • noun
  • /ˈmɪʃənər/
translation icon : misionero
  • The little Oblate missioner descended spryly from the steamer's bridge, crossed her canted deck, and with British Columbia fog swirling about her, paused by the ladder head.
  • Maryknoll missioners

Examples

  • The missioner spent five years in Africa helping local communities improve their health and education.

  • It may be that I will look with displeasure upon these new missioners.

    The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)

  • For example, in the first part of the 18th century, there were well over 30,000 priests in the city of Naples, and in the surrounding towns, people were lucky if a missioner came through every few years.

    Blog text (23)

  • As a missioner, she traveled to remote villages to provide support and teach the villagers new farming techniques.

  • Many missioners dedicate their lives to helping others in need by building schools and hospitals in developing countries.

Synonyms

missionary
vsmissioner
100 4.1

A person who goes to another place to spread a religion by teaching or helping people

is sent more broadly by a church to teach or help in foreign countries

How Evangelistic

evangelist
18 6.7
missioner
7.5

Surface Forms

missioner singular
missioners plural

Morphology

missioner = mission (transparent) = mission + er

This is a straightforward agent noun formed from 'mission' plus '-er', meaning a person associated with or sent on a mission.

Etymology

Missioner comes from the Latin root mittere 'to send' and the word mission 'sending'. So, a missioner is literally someone 'sent' to do work, especially by a church.