Missionary position meaning in english word: The missionary position is a position

The missionary position is a position for sexual intercourse in which the man lies on top of the woman and they are facing each other. 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 missionary position in American English a position used in sexual intercourse in which the female lies on her back and the male lies on top of her, their faces opposite each other missionary position , n. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary