Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who proclaims or publishes; one who announces or makes publicly known.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who proclaims.

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  • noun One who proclaims.

Etymologies

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to proclaim + -er

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Examples

  • 'proclaimer' [135] -- died, there survives a testimony that the worship of this popular deity extended beyond the Euphrates and the Tigris, to

    The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891

  • He needs his brother man as a bearer and proclaimer of the divine word of salvation.

    Scott Cairns: The Christian and the Community: A Relationship in God's Image Scott Cairns 2010

  • He needs his brother man as a bearer and proclaimer of the divine word of salvation.

    Scott Cairns: The Christian and the Community: A Relationship in God's Image Scott Cairns 2010

  • "I'm hungry," announced Assistant Brian, another proclaimer, whose observations were generally random.

    The Coming of the Apocalypse 2010

  • The reign of George W. Bush, proclaimer of the Axis of Evil and a president who never missed an opportunity to fulminate at enemies like the Islamic Republic, was over.

    Let the Swords Encircle Me Scott Peterson 2010

  • Education has been a mark of Graham's life as much as Ian's, he taught Christian doctrine at St John's in Nottingham for many years, as well as his work in Oxford and ever since then has continued to see his work very much as that of a teacher and above all a proclaimer of the gospel.

    Archbishop's farewells from the February 2009 Synod 2009

  • And without a confidence about the precise chronological arrangement of material in our narrative sources that no one who has studied the Gospels critically can have, the assumption that Paul went from persecutor to proclaimer of Christianity as a result of a direct encounter with or vision of Jesus cannot be regarded as having a high degree of certainty.

    Early Converted Skeptics? James F. McGrath 2009

  • Gerry Sutcliffe proclaimer of the famous quote above has, in truly Stalinist fashion, decreed that "it is vital" that Team GB reaches the target of 41 medals from the Beijing Olympics.

    Archive 2008-08-01 Obnoxio The Clown 2008

  • Gerry Sutcliffe proclaimer of the famous quote above has, in truly Stalinist fashion, decreed that "it is vital" that Team GB reaches the target of 41 medals from the Beijing Olympics.

    My comments do not accurately reflect my views Obnoxio The Clown 2008

  • He it was who so filled the cruel king Nabuchodonosor with piety that he became a proclaimer of the divine power.17 “Therefore,” he said, “I, Nabuchodonosor do now praise and magnify and glorify the King of Heaven; because all His works are true and His ways judgments, and they that walk in pride He is able to abase.”

    The Political Ideas of St. Thomas Aquinas Dino Bigongiari 1997

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