preacher

American  

[pree-cher] / ˈpri tʃər /

noun

1. a person whose occupation or function it is to preach the gospel.

2. a person who preaches.

3. Friar Preacher.

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preacher ¹ British  

/ ˈpriːtʃə /

noun

1. a person who has the calling and function of preaching the Christian Gospel, esp a Protestant clergyman

2. a person who preaches

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Preacher ² British  

/ ˈpriːtʃə /

noun

1. Bible the author of Ecclesiastes or the book of Ecclesiastes

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Etymology

Origin of preacher

1175–1225; Middle English precho ( u ) r < Old French prech ( e ) or, earlier preëch ( e ) or < Late Latin praedicātor. See preach, -or ²

Example Sentences

Global networks of Muslims support Islamic preachers and schools; Christians outside Africa, especially but not only in the U.S., support Christian missionary and educational work.

From The Wall Street Journal

Tinubu—a Muslim married to one of Nigeria’s most prominent Christian Pentecostal preachers—debated traveling to Washington, to explain the complex religious tapestry of a country evenly split between both faiths, Nigerian officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal

The son of a Pentecostal preacher, he revealed in a 2014 GQ interview with Amy Wallace that he taught himself to play Earth, Wind & Fire‘s “Boogie Wonderland” at the age of 4.

From Salon

"I'm actually in the game as a Scottish preacher so you might hear me!"

From BBC

But a decade later, Keaton directed “Heaven,” an entire documentary about the subject, in which she asked street preachers and Don King and her 94-year-old grandmother how they imagined the afterlife.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• clergy
• cleric
• evangelist
• missionary