preacher
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English
Etymology
From Middle English precher, prechere; partly equivalent to preach + -er, and partly continuing Middle English prechour, prechiour, from Old French preecheor (French prêcheur), from Latin praedicator (“public praiser, proclaimer”). See preach.
Displaced native Old English bydel.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɹit͡ʃɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɹiːt͡ʃə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -iːtʃə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: preach‧er
Noun
preacher (plural preachers)
- Someone who preaches a worldview, philosophy, or religion, especially someone who preaches the gospel and especially a clergyman or clergywoman.
- Hypernym: cleric
- 1859, George Meredith, chapter 10, in The Ordeal of Richard Feverel. A History of Father and Son. , volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC:
- The born preacher we feel instinctively to be our foe. He may do some good to the wretches that have been struck down and lie gasping on the battlefield: he rouses antagonism in the strong.
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Translations
one who preaches
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