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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A position for sexual intercourse in which a woman and man lie facing each other, with the woman on the bottom and the man on the top.

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  1. n. A position for sexual intercourse in which the man and woman face each other, with the man on top.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. 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

Etymologies

  1. Supposed to have been originated by natives of the Trobriand Islands (who considered it improper) (Wiktionary)
  2. From Christian missionaries' supposed advocacy of this position over other copulatory positions. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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