MISSIONER

missionary, missioner

(noun) someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

missioner (plural missioners)

A missionary.

Anagrams

• minorises, oneirisms, remission

Source: Wiktionary


Mis"sion*er, n.

Definition: A missionary; an envoy; one who conducts a mission. See Mission, n., 6. "Like mighty missioner you come." Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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POLYGENIC

(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes


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