missionary

English

missionary (countable and uncountable, plural missionaries)

One who is sent on a mission.
A person who travels attempting to spread a religion or a creed.
A missionary was just trying to convert me to his religion.
(derogatory) A religious messenger.
(uncountable) A common position for undertaking sexual intercourse.

person traveling to spread a religion

Albanian: misionar (sq) m
Arabic: مُبَشِّر‎ m (mubaššir)
Armenian: քարոզիչ (hy) (kʿarozičʿ)
Asturian: misioneru m
Azerbaijani: missioner
Belarusian: місіяне́р m (misijanjér), місіяне́рка f (misijanjérka)
Bulgarian: мисионе́р m (misionér)
Catalan: missioner m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 傳教士, 传教士 (cyun⁴ gaau³ si⁶), 宣教士 (syun¹ gaau³ si⁶)

Mandarin: 傳教士 (zh), 传教士 (zh) (chuánjiàoshì), 傳道者 (zh), 传道者 (zh) (chuándàozhě), 宣教士 (xuānjiàoshì)
Czech: misionář (cs) m
Danish: missionær c
Dutch: (Catholic) missionaris m, (Protestant) zendeling m
Esperanto: misiisto
Estonian: misjonär
Finnish: lähetyssaarnaaja (fi)
French: missionnaire (fr) m
Galician: misioneiro m
Georgian: მისიონერი (misioneri)
German: Missionar (de) m
Greek: ιεραπόστολος (el) m or f (ierapóstolos)
Hawaiian: mikanele
Hungarian: hittérítő (hu), misszionárius (hu)
Indonesian: misionaris (id)
Italian: missionario (it) m

missionary position — see missionary position

missionary (not comparable)

relating to a mission