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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Preacher \Preach"er\ (pr[=e]ch"[~e]r), noun [Cf. OF. preeschierre, prescheur, F. pr[^e]cheur, L. praedicator.]
1. One who preaches; one who discourses publicly on religious subjects.
How shall they hear without a preacher? --Rom. x. 14.
2. One who inculcates anything with earnestness.
No preacher is listened to but Time. --Swift.
{Preacher bird} (Zo["o]l.), a toucan.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
preacher
noun: someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel [syn: {preacher man}, {sermonizer}, {sermoniser}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "preacher": 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
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