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

I was up in my room at college, studying about Peter the Hermit and Walter the Penniless for my history exam on the crusades the coming Monday, when the hall phone rang.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath