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missionee

missionee noun: the person whom a missionary attempts to convert to a religion.

Noun

missionee (plural missionees)

  1. The person whom a missionary attempts to convert to a religion.
    • […] any supposition that the construction was symmetrical, or that the discourse of the missionary and the missionee is evenly shared must surely be questioned.2015, Fred Dervin, Saija Benjamin, Migration, Diversity, and Education: Beyond Third Culture Kids

Forms of missionee

pluralmissionees

Origin of missionee

From mission + -ee.

Questions about missionee

What does missionee mean?
Missionee means the person whom a missionary attempts to convert to a religion.
What part of speech is missionee?
Missionee is a noun.
What is the plural of missionee?
The plural of missionee is missionees.

Words near missionee in the dictionary

  1. missionaryizing
  2. missionarylike
  3. missionaryship
  4. missionaryships
  5. missioned
  6. missionee
  7. missioneering
  8. missionees
  9. missioner
  10. missioners
  11. missioning

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