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A prophet is defined as a person regarded as an inspired teacher or a proclaimer of God’s will.

From New York Times • Aug. 16, 2021

To choose America's best preacher, religion writer David Van Biema consulted experts in many denominations and spent hours watching tapes, searching for the most electrifying proclaimer of the Gospel.

From Time Magazine Archive

These qualities, no doubt, recommended her to the notice of CHAUMETTE, the proclaimer of atheism, under whose auspices she more than once figured as the goddess of reason.

From Paris as It Was and as It Is by Blagdon, Francis W.

Quite true, thou greatest oracle of the middle of the nineteenth century, thou sententious proclaimer of the purity of the press;—the public is defrauded when it is purposely misled.

From The Warden by Trollope, Anthony

Ruler of the land, protector of sanctuaries, proclaimer of their name.

From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris