Missionary-position
noun
1.
a position for sexual intercourse in which the couple lies face to face with the male on top.
noun
1.
(informal) a position for sexual intercourse in which the man lies on top of the woman and they are face to face
noun phrase
The sexual posture in which the male lies over the female between her spread legs: Most of them have never gone beyond three furtive minutes in the missionary position/ enjoying sex in that reliable missionary position
[1960s+; fr the fancied distinction between this coital configuration of Christian missionaries and those of the peoples among whom they labored]
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