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Webster 1913 Edition
Preacher
Preach′er
(prēch′ẽr)
, Noun.
[Cf. OF.
preeschierre
, prescheur
, F. prêcheur
, 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
(Zool.)
, a toucan.
Webster 1828 Edition
Preacher
PRE'ACHER
,Noun.
1.
One that inculcates any thing with earnestness. No preacher is listened to but time.