'Preacher' definitions:
Definition of 'preacher'
From: WordNet
noun
Someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel [syn: preacher, preacher man, sermonizer, sermoniser]
Definition of 'Preacher'
From: GCIDE
- Preacher \Preach"er\ (pr[=e]ch"[~e]r), n. [Cf. OF. preeschierre, prescheur, F. pr[^e]cheur, L. praedicator.]
- 1. One who preaches; one who discourses publicly on religious subjects. [1913 Webster]
- How shall they hear without a preacher? --Rom. x. 14. [1913 Webster]
- 2. One who inculcates anything with earnestness. [1913 Webster]
- No preacher is listened to but Time. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- Preacher bird (Zool.), a toucan. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'preacher'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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-thumper