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English
Etymology
From pulpit + -eer.
Pronunciation
Noun
pulpiteer (plural pulpiteers)
- (derogatory) One who speaks in a pulpit; a preacher.
1655, James Howell, “To Mr. John Wilson”, in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. With a Fourth Volume of New Letters, Never Publish’d before.">…], 3rd edition, volume (please specify the page), London: Humphrey Mosley, , →OCLC:I have many thanks to give you, that you so quaintly acquaint me how variously the pulse of the Pulpiteers beat in your Town
1844, John Wilson, Essay on the Genius, and Character of Burns:We never can think it sinful that Burns should have been humorous on such a pulpiteer.
Verb
pulpiteer (third-person singular simple present pulpiteers, present participle pulpiteering, simple past and past participle pulpiteered)
- To speak from, or as if from, a pulpit; to preach or lecture.
References
“pulpiteer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.