missionary
[noun]
Synonyms: evangelist, apostle, preacher

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Related Words: revivalist, promoter

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I. mis‧sion‧a‧ry¹ /ˈmɪʃənəri $ -neri/ noun (plural missionaries) [countable]
someone who has been sent to a foreign country to teach people about Christianity and persuade them to become Christians

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II. missionary² adjective [only before noun]

1. relating to the work of missionaries:
missionary work
a missionary hospital

2. missionary zeal if you do something with missionary zeal, you do it with great eagerness, because you believe strongly that it is a good thing to do:
a young English teacher who taught poetry with missionary zeal

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missionary
noun
ADJ. foreign | pioneer | evangelical, medical | Baptist, Catholic, Christian, Jesuit, Protestant
VERB + MISSIONARY work as | send (sb as) sending clergy as missionaries to Latin America
pray for
MISSIONARY + NOUN work | zeal He argued the case for reorganization with missionary zeal.
PREP. as a ~ He spent 15 years as a missionary in Africa.

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