Hypertext Webster Gateway: "preacher"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Preacher \Preach"er\, n. [Cf. OF. preeschierre, prescheur, F.
pr[^e]cheur, L. praedicator.]
1. One who preaches; one who discourses publicly on religious
subjects.
How shall they hear without a preacher? --Rom. x.
14.
2. One who inculcates anything with earnestness.
No preacher is listened to but Time. --Swift.
{Preacher bird} (Zo["o]l.), a toucan.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
preacher
n : someone who occupation is preaching the gospel [syn: {preacher
man}, {sermonizer}]
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