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missionaries

Variant of missionary

adjective

of or characteristic of missions or missionaries, esp. religious ones

noun pl. missionaries

a person sent on a mission, esp. on a religious mission
also missioner

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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