Peter the Hermit

American  

noun

1. c1050–1115, French monk: preacher of the first Crusade 1095–99.

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Peter the Hermit British  

noun

1. ?1050–1115, French monk and preacher of the First Crusade

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Example Sentences

This painted illustration from a world history published in the early twentieth century imagines Peter the Hermit giving a rousing speech to attract men and women to go on crusade.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Even those whose motivations were clearly religious, like Peter the Hermit, compelled German Jewish people to render supplies for their crusading bands.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Peter the Hermit griped that they “think of nothing but themselves” and are “impatient of all restraint”.

From Economist • Jul. 30, 2015

Under the learned hands of the chroniclers, commanded by Editor-in-Chief Kenneth Set-ton, Peter the Hermit shrinks from the legendary preacher to a voluble nobody traipsing to Jerusalem behind Pope Urban's carefully marshaled armored forces.

From Time Magazine Archive

"It's two," I said, "Peter the Hermit and Walter the Penniless."

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath