† preachmann.
Obsolete. rare (chiefly derogatory).
A man who preaches.
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angelOE
spellera1200
preacher?c1225
sermonerc1325
predicatorc1460
predicant?1519
pulpit man1581
homilist1616
concionator1623
sermonist1630
sermoneera1637
homiliana1641
pulpiteer1643
preachman1647
sermonizer1651
pulpitarian1654
pulpiter1681
predicatory1686
preacher man1848
preach1955
1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 94 Some of our Preachmen are grown dogmadd, ther's a worme got into their toungs, as well as their heads.
1677 W. Hubbard Narr. Troubles with Indians New-Eng. ii. 58 Madockawando..began to demand something for satisfaction,..not understanding before that his Father was, a great Preachman, as they use to call it.
1727–8 in Reliquiae Hearnianae (1857) II. 675 She beareth..in a feild of sedition a crop-eared preachman.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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