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† ˈpreachman Obs. rare.
[f. preach v. + man n.1]
A man who preaches, a preacher. (Usually contemptuous.)
c1645Howell Lett. II. xxxiv, Som of our Preachmen are grown dog mad, ther's a worm got into their toungs, as well as their heads. 1677W. Hubbard Narrative (1865) II. 197 Madockawando..began to demand something for Satisfaction,..not understanding before that his Father was a great Preachman, as they use to call it. 1727–8in Reliq. Hearnianæ (1857) II. 675 She beareth..in a feild of sedition a crop-eared preachman. |