missionee

English

Etymology

From mission +‎ -ee.

Noun

missionee (plural missionees)

1. The person whom a missionary attempts to convert to a religion.
   • 2015, Fred Dervin, Saija Benjamin, Migration, Diversity, and Education: Beyond Third Culture Kids:

     […] any supposition that the construction was symmetrical, or that the discourse of the missionary and the missionee is evenly shared must surely be questioned.