missionary

1. Relating to or connected to a religious mission (synset 302776278)
   same as: missional

1. Someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program (synset 110342615)
   is a type of: instructor, teacher - a person whose occupation is teaching
   subtypes: cyril, saint cyril, st. cyril - Greek missionary; the invention of the Cyrillic alphabet is attributed to him (826-869)
   specific instances:

   • apostle of germany, boniface, saint boniface, st. boniface, winfred, wynfrith - (Roman Catholic Church) Anglo-Saxon missionary who was sent to Frisia and Germany to spread the Christian faith; was martyred in Frisia (680-754)
   • david livingstone, livingstone - Scottish missionary and explorer who discovered the Zambezi River and Victoria Falls (1813-1873)
   • marcus whitman, whitman - United States frontier missionary who established a post in Oregon where Christianity and schooling and medicine were available to Native Americans (1802-1847)
   • saint francis xavier, xavier - Spanish missionary and Jesuit who establish missionaries in Japan and Ceylon and the East Indies (1506-1552)
2. Someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country (synset 110342840)
   is a type of: religious person - a person who manifests devotion to a deity
   specific instances:

   • buck, pearl buck, pearl sydenstricker buck - United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892-1973)
   • jacques marquette, marquette, pere jacques marquette - French missionary who accompanied Louis Joliet in exploring the upper Mississippi River valley (1637-1675)
   • apostle of the gentiles, apostle paul, paul, paul the apostle, saint paul, saul, saul of tarsus, st. paul - (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, schweitzer - French philosopher and physician and organist who spent most of his life as a medical missionary in Gabon (1875-1965)
   • junipero serra, miguel jose serra, serra - Spanish missionary who founded Franciscan missions in California (1713-1784)
   • agnes gonxha bojaxhiu, mother teresa, mother theresa, teresa, theresa - 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)
   same as: missioner

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