missionary

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program
noun someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country
adjective relating to or connected to a religious mission

From mission + -ary.

Church Missionary Society founded, 473. — William Pitt and national revival, J. Holland (John Holland) Rose
Roman Catholic missionaries at Chengtu, 174. — A Wayfarer in China: Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia, Elizabeth Kimball Kendall
It might have sent us out as missionaries.... — The Trail of the Hawk: A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life, Sinclair Lewis

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