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[ pree-cher ] / ˈpri tʃər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR preacher ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna person whose occupation or function it is to preach the gospel. a person who preaches. Friar Preacher. Origin of preacher1175–1225; Middle English precho( u) r<Old French prech( e) or, earlier preëch( e) or<Late Latin praedicātor.See preach, -or 2Words nearby preacherprazosin, PRB, PRC, pre-, preach, preacher, preacher curl, preachify, preaching, preachment, preach to the converted Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for preacherAccording to a Yemeni intelligence source, Saïd met with the notorious U.S. preacher Anwar al Awlaki. France Kills Charlie Hebdo Murderers|Nico Hines|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST Scott, who died Sunday at 49, could go from evoking a Baptist preacher to quoting Public Enemy. Remembering ESPN’s Sly, Cocky, and Cool Anchor Stuart Scott|Stereo Williams|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST The best answer Sutton offers is a statement by the preacher John Roach Stratton back in 1918. The Evangelical Apocalypse Is All Your Fault|Jay Michaelson|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST The preacher gave sheriff deputies permission to search his SUV but warned them “there was something bad” inside. Exposed: The Gay-Bashing Pastor’s Same-Sex Assault|M.L. Nestel|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The new copy-reader here mentioned was C.C. Foss, a cherubic little fellow who was also a Methodist preacher. The Stacks: H.L. Mencken on the 1904 Baltimore Fire|H.L. Mencken|October 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST The man that don't need that has to be his own preacher here and sow and reap his own morality. A Man for the Ages|Irving Bacheller The preacher turned and looked at her, as if half doubtful of the sincerity of the question. Into the Highways and Hedges|F. F. Montrsor (Frances Frederica) But I reckon he was a preacher, all the same, every minute of his life. The March Family Trilogy, Complete|William Dean Howells Why was it not the one to which that preacher in the wilderness resorted? The Gospel of St. John|Frederick Denison Maurice The peasants advanced one by one and knelt down, presenting their guns to the preacher, who laid them upon the altar. The Chouans|Honore de Balzac
British Dictionary definitions for preacher (1 of 2)
nouna person who has the calling and function of preaching the Christian Gospel, esp a Protestant clergyman a person who preaches British Dictionary definitions for preacher (2 of 2)
nounthe Preacher Bible the author of Ecclesiastes or the book of Ecclesiastes Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to preachercleric, evangelist, missionary, clergy, parson, divine, ecclesiastic, minister, reverend, sermonizer, revivalist, clerical, evangelizer, pulpiter |