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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun preacher has 1 sense
- preacher(n = noun.person) preacher man, sermoniser, sermonizer - someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel; Array is a kind of clergyman, man of the cloth, reverend
has particulars: evangelist, gospeler, gospeller, revivalist, bunyan, john bunyan, john chrysostom, st. john chrysostom
Derived form verb preach1
CIDE DICTIONARY
preacher, n. [Cf. OF. preeschierre, prescheur, F. prêcheur, L. praedicator.].
- One who preaches; one who discourses publicly on religious subjects. [1913 Webster]"How shall they hear without a preacher?" [1913 Webster]
- One who inculcates anything with earnestness. [1913 Webster]"No preacher is listened to but Time." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
preacher, n. a person who preaches, esp. a minister of religion.
Etymology
ME f. AF prech(o)ur, OF prech(e)or f. eccl.L praedicator (as PREACH)
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preacher
Boanerges, chalk talker, churchman, circuit rider, clergyman, clergywoman, cleric, clerical, clerk, discourser, divine, ecclesiastic, evangelist, expositor, expounder, homilist, lector, lecturer, minister, parson, praelector, preaching friar, predicant, predikant, pulpitarian, pulpiteer, pulpiter, reader, reverend, sermoner, sermonist, sermonizer, tub-thumperROGET THESAURUS
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Clergy
N clergy, clericals, ministry, priesthood, presbytery, the cloth, the desk, clergyman, divine, ecclesiastic, churchman, priest, presbyter, hierophant, pastor, shepherd, minister, father, father in Christ, padre, abbe, cure, patriarch, reverend, black coat, confessor, dignitaries of the church, ecclesiarch, hierarch, ebdomarius, eminence, reverence, elder, primate, metropolitan, archbishop, bishop, prelate, diocesan, suffragan, dean, subdean, archdeacon, prebendary, canon, rural dean, rector, parson, vicar, perpetual curate, residentiary, beneficiary, incumbent, chaplain, curate, deacon, deaconess, preacher, reader, lecturer, capitular, missionary, propagandist, Jesuit, revivalist, field preacher, churchwarden, sidesman, clerk, precentor, choir, almoner, suisse, verger, beadle, sexton, sacristan, acolyth, acolothyst, acolyte, altar boy, chorister, Pope, Papa, pontiff, high priest, cardinal, ancient flamen, flamen, confessor, penitentiary, spiritual director, cenobite, conventual, abbot, prior, monk, friar, lay brother, beadsman, mendicant, pilgrim, palmer, canon regular, canon secular, Franciscan, Friars minor, Minorites, Observant, Capuchin, Dominican, Carmelite, Augustinian, Gilbertine, Austin Friars, Black Friars, White Friars, Gray Friars, Crossed Friars, Crutched Friars, Bonhomme, Carthusian, Benedictine, Cistercian, Trappist, Cluniac, Premonstatensian, Maturine, Templar, Hospitaler, Bernardine, Lorettine, pillarist, stylite, abbess, prioress, canoness, religieuse, nun, novice, postulant, prophet, priest, high priest, Levite, Rabbi, Rabbin, Rebbe, scribe, mullah, muezzin, ayatollah, ulema, imaum, imam, sheik, sufi, kahin, kassis, mufti, hadji, dervish, fakir, faquir, brahmin, guru, kaziaskier, poonghie, sanyasi, druid, bonze, santon, abdal, Lama, talapoin, caloyer, the Reverend, the very Reverend, the Right Reverend, ordained, in orders, called to the ministry.Teacher
N teacher, trainer, instructor, institutor, master, tutor, director, Corypheus, dry nurse, coach, grinder, crammer, don, governor, bear leader, governess, duenna, disciplinarian, professor, lecturer, reader, prelector, prolocutor, preacher, chalk talker, khoja, pastor, schoolmaster, dominie, usher, pedagogue, abecedarian, schoolmistress, dame, monitor, pupil teacher, expositor, preceptor, guide, guru, mentor, pioneer, apostle, missionary, propagandist, munshi, example, professorship, tutelage, professorial, qui doet discet.
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