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missionary-linguists

missionary-linguists is the plural of missionary-linguist.

Meaning of missionary-linguist

Noun

missionary-linguist (plural missionary-linguists)

  1. A missionary who seeks to study a people's language in order to facilitate religious conversion.
    • although we do not meet among the missionary linguists that marvellous variety of languages which excites our wonder, yet we find in them abundant evidences of a solid and practical scholarship1858, C. W. Russell, The Life of Cardinal Mezzofanti, page 29

Questions about missionary-linguists

What is missionary-linguists the plural of?
Missionary-linguists is the plural of missionary-linguist.

Words near missionary-linguists in the dictionary

  1. missionary rector
  2. missionary rectors
  3. Missionary Ridge
  4. missionary zeal
  5. missionary-linguist
  6. missionary-linguists
  7. missionarying
  8. missionaryism
  9. missionaryize
  10. missionaryized
  11. missionaryizes

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