Definitions for preacher
ˈpri tʃərpreach·er

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. preacher, preacher man, sermonizer, sermonisernoun

   someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. preachernoun

   Someone who preaches the gospel; a clergyman.

2. Preachernoun

   Alternative name for Ecclesiastes, the twenty-first book of the Old Testament.

3. Preachernoun

   A nickname.

4. Preachernoun

   Ecclesiastes, the twenty-first book of the Old Testament.

5. Preachernoun

   A male given name from English.

6. Preachernoun

   A surname.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Preachernoun

   Etymology: prescheur, Fr. from preach.

   1. One who discourses publickly upon religious subjects.

   The Lord gave the word; great was the company of the preachers. Psalm lxviii. 11.

   You may hear the sound of a preacher’s voice, when you cannot distinguish what he saith. Francis Bacon.

   Here lies a truly honest man,
   One of those few that in this town
   Honour all preachers; hear their own. Richard Crashaw.

   2. One who inculcates any thing with earnestness and vehemence.

   No preacher is listened to but time, which gives us the same train of thought, that elder people have tried in vain to put into our heads before. Jonathan Swift.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Preacher

   A preacher is a person who delivers sermons or homilies on religious topics to an assembly of people. Less common are preachers who preach on the street, or those whose message is not necessarily religious, but who preach components such as a moral or social worldview or philosophy.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. Preachernoun

   one who preaches; one who discourses publicly on religious subjects

2. Preachernoun

   one who inculcates anything with earnestness

3. Etymology: [Cf. OF. preeschierre, prescheur, F. prcheur, L. praedicator.]

FreebaseRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Preacher

   A preacher is a person who delivers sermons or gives homilies, generally on religious topics, although one can also preach any of the components of any worldview or philosophy. Some see a preacher as distinct from a theologian by focusing on the communication rather than the development of doctrine. Others see preaching and theology as being intertwined. Preaching is not limited to religious views, but it extends to moral and social world-views as well.

The Roycroft DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. preacher

   1. Mendicancy in a celluloid collar. 2. A man who advises others concerning things about which he knows nothing. 3. Any man who lives on six hundred dollars a year and only works orally. 4. (Now obsolete) One who makes pastoral calls, frightens the young, astonishes the old, bothers the busy, and serves disappointed females as vicarious lover, father, friend, and personal representative of Deity.

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1. preacher

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PREACHER

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Preacher is ranked #54418 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Preacher surname appeared 379 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Preacher.
   
   56.2% or 213 total occurrences were White.
   34% or 129 total occurrences were Black.
   4.7% or 18 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   3.4% or 13 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Anagrams for preacher »

1. repreach

How to pronounce preacher?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of preacher in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of preacher in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of preacher in a Sentence

1. Proverb:

   It's a fine sermon about fasting when the preacher just had lunch.

2. Ogden Nash:

   The Preacher, the Politicain, the Teacher, Were each of them once a kiddie. A child, indeed, is a wonderful creature. Do I want one? God Forbiddie!

3. Lawrence Carter:

   We have made progress but we are a long way from the ideals of our Founding Fathers, there’s work for a preacher in Washington.

4. Lot Chakonza:

   You may doubt the preacher, but never the word of God

5. Jerry Eze:

   I was very excited about the job( at the UNFPA), but my mum wasn't. She said it wasn't what God told her. According to her, God told her I was going to be a preacher.

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