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Webster 1913 Edition

Preacher

Preach′er

(prēch′ẽr)
,
Noun.
[Cf. OF.
preeschierre
,
prescheur
, F.
prêcheur
, 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
(Zool.)
,
a toucan.

Webster 1828 Edition

Preacher

PRE'ACHER

,
Noun.
One who discourses publicly on religious subjects.
1.
One that inculcates any thing with earnestness.
No preacher is listened to but time.

Definition 2025

Preacher

Preacher

See also: preacher

English

Proper noun

Preacher

  1. Alternative name for Ecclesiastes, the twenty-first book of the Old Testament.
  2. A nickname.
  3. (rare) A male given name.
  4. (rare) A surname​.

Quotations

  • 1611, Bible (KJV), Ecclesiastes 1:1-2::
    The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

preacher

preacher

See also: Preacher

English

Noun

preacher ‎(plural preachers)

  1. Someone who preaches a worldview, philosophy, or religion, especially someone who preaches the gospel; a clergyman.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology

From Old French preecheor (French prêcheur), from Latin praedicator ‎(“public praiser, proclaimer”). See preach.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -iːtʃə(ɹ)

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