MISSIONARY POSITION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A position for sexual intercourse; a man and woman lie facing each other with the man on top; so-called because missionaries thought it the proper position for primitive peoples

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("missionary position" is a kind of...):

attitude; position; posture (the arrangement of the body and its limbs)

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