- preacher
- preacher (n.) c.1200, from O.Fr. preecheor, from L. praedicatorem (nom. praedicator), lit. "proclaimer" (see PREACH (Cf. preach)). Slang short form preach (n.) is recorded by 1968, American English.
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preacher — [n] person who gives religious instruction clergy, cleric, clerical, divine, ecclesiastic, evangelist, evangelizer, minister, missionary, parson, pulpiter, reverend, revivalist, sermonizer; concept 361 … New thesaurus
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preacher — n. an itinerant; lay preacher * * * [ priːtʃə] lay preacher an itinerant … Combinatory dictionary
