Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One who preaches, especially one who publicly proclaims the gospel for an occupation.
- n. Alaska A fallen tree or log submerged in a river and creating a hazard for boats.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who preaches; one who discourses publicly, especially on religious subjects; specifically, a clergyman.
- n. One who inculcates or asseverates anything with earnestness.
Wiktionary
- n. Someone who preaches a worldview, philosophy, or religion, especially someone who preaches the gospel; a clergyman.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who preaches; one who discourses publicly on religious subjects.
- n. One who inculcates anything with earnestness.
WordNet 3.0
- n. someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel
Examples
“He was raised by a white family, but never noticed that his preacher is a racist who preaches white hate and jewish hate.”
“He doesn't have the judgment necessary to figure out his preacher is a hate pedder, primarily to adorn his own ego and for financial gain.”
“Julian Avenel had intrigued without scruple with both parties -- yet bad as he was, he certainly would not have practised aught against the guest whom Lord James had recommended to his hospitality, had it not been for what he termed the preacher's officious inter-meddling in his family affairs.”
“• Life with the Antichrist: The wife of a controversial Miami-based preacher is divorcing him but staying married to his teachings.”
“(Luther, Henry VIII, to the Episcopalians who now associate with the Rwanda Church to avoid the gay-marriage/gay-bishop stuff, to the random Church in Altus, Oklahoma who might not care for the way the new preacher is doing things).”
“The spirit that has inhabited the preacher is known as Genesis, a burning ball of fire with infant features who was conceived between one of the angels of the Seraphi and a demon from hell.”
“The problem t = with going after this preacher is that Hillary is telling the Super delegates exactly what this man is saying ...”
“Well the preacher is talking now, get use to this, because this is what you will be getting.”
“Excuse me ... did you notice that the preacher is white?”
“A ranting hate preacher is touring the Midlands in an attempt to radicalise young Muslims and promote extremism.”
Islamic hate preacher urges his followers to reject the laws of the UK
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘preacher’.
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Words Associated With Jesus
Words that indentify Jesus and His Salvation to those who seek Him.
hope, grace, love, faith, salvation, truth, eternity, heaven, god, holy spirit, bible, scripture and 191 more...
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RELI - words with Biblical connotations
Words in the Bible evoking biblical stories or with special spiritual meaning. Proper names have been reduced to the minimum.
ark, judgement, holy, saint, baptism, spirit, love, eternal, altar, balsam, covenant, flood and 1115 more...
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open list: the art of talking
Words that describe people who are identified by a specific variety of speech. This list was inspired by the discussion at anecdotalist.
anecdotalist, conversationalist, fabulist, mythomaniac, speechifier, gaffeur, bullshit artist, preacher, witticist, raconteur, storyteller, liar and 29 more...
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colleen's words
yellow, green, pie, blue, fur, people, incense, book, brown, avuncular, mountain, fog and 1316 more...
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Bird Wirds: Sundry Nicknames
A list of birders' "shorthand" names, traditional nicknames, non-English names, and obsolete names for feathered creatures worldwide.
Interesting blog entry here on naming U.S. birds.welsh ambassador, goatsucker, french magpie, timberdoodle, butterbutt, popinjay, logcock, old cranky, long john, sprog, butterbum, wedgie and 697 more...
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justin's Words
braii, boerewors, lekker, viva, pap, lipodystrophy, lacticacidosis, sharp, chakalaka, defaulter, eish, oof and 256 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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unwell
pheochromocytoma, tumor, adrenaline, gland, endocrine, neurological, hormone, imbalance, heart, palpitation, sweating, headache and 74 more...
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For a Higher Power
Holy men (and women).
priest, bishop, deacon, archbishop, cardinal, pope, abbot, monk, nun, chaplain, cleric, friar and 32 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for preacher.
reesetee Nickname for Great Blue Heron. See also old cranky and ars-nicker. Other nicknames include Poor Joe and the Major. Dec 11, 2007