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missionernoun a person who is sent especially to a foreign country to do religious work (such as converting people to the religion or ministering to the sick)The church has a program in which volunteers spend one year abroad as missioners. missionaryapostle, evangelist, proselytizer, soldierrevivalistfriar, mendicant, monastic, monk, oblate, religiousclergyperson, cleric, clerical, clerk, deacon, divine, dominie, ecclesiastic, minister, preacher, priest, reverendchurchman, clergyman, father, Holy Joe(slang), padreclergywoman, deaconess, priestessabbot, archbishop, archpriest, bishop, dean, diocesan, monsignor, pope, prelate, presbyterabbé, curate, curé, parson, pastor, rector, shepherd, vicarchaplain, confessor, sky pilothigh priest, high priestessfaithful, loyalistadvocate, backer, champion, supporterprotégé, scholar, studentideologist, ideologue(also idealogue), sectarianadmirer, cultist, devotee, enthusiast, fan, idolater(or idolator), worshipper(or worshiper), zealotacolyte, adherent, convert, disciple, epigone, follower, liege man, partisan(also partizan), pupil, votarist, votary apostate, defector, renegade, traitor, turncoatcoryphaeus, leaderlayman, layperson, secularlay reader, lector in 1654 |