plural preachers
: one who preaches: such as
a
: a person who delivers a sermon publicly
a street preacher
b
: one whose function is to preach sermons : pastor, minister
She waited patiently on a Sunday morning until the crowd had said good-by to the preacher.—
Don Jeffries
Don Jeffries"What kind of preacher are you? What denomination?" "I was ordained in a Baptist church, but I'm sort of nondenominational now."—John Grisham
John Grisham
c
: one who inculcates or exhorts something earnestly or officiously
… he was an ardent preacher of gentlemanly ethics …—Paul Schullery
Paul Schullery… he was perceived by the larger world, not inaccurately, as a preacher of the hatred.—Nicholas Lemann
Nicholas LemannSynonyms
Examples of preacher in a Sentence
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The Wallen siblings were raised by Tommy, a preacher, and Lesli, an elementary school teacher, in the rural town of Sneedville, Tenn.
—Emily Krauser, Peoplemag, 8 Apr. 2024
The book chronicles Liefeld’s trajectory from the son of a preacher in Orange County, California, to becoming a rising star at Marvel in the early 1990s, when his work on titles such as X-Force set sales records.
—Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Apr. 2024
Indeed, every street-corner preacher in Silicon Valley seems to want to sermonize on it.
—Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 27 Mar. 2024
Tall, thin, and bald, he has been compared to both a monk and a preacher.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
These preachers and healers tell parents that therapeutic intervention is not needed.
—Scovian Lillian, NPR, 26 Feb. 2024
These ideas aren’t only gaining influence among preachers and politicians, experts say.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2024
The preacher’s kids with eclectic ears connected immediately.
—Keyaira Boone, Essence, 2 Feb. 2024
And later folk preachers freely borrowed from one another.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
Emily Krauser, Peoplemag, 8 Apr. 2024
The book chronicles Liefeld’s trajectory from the son of a preacher in Orange County, California, to becoming a rising star at Marvel in the early 1990s, when his work on titles such as X-Force set sales records.
—Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Apr. 2024
Indeed, every street-corner preacher in Silicon Valley seems to want to sermonize on it.
—Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 27 Mar. 2024
Tall, thin, and bald, he has been compared to both a monk and a preacher.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
These preachers and healers tell parents that therapeutic intervention is not needed.
—Scovian Lillian, NPR, 26 Feb. 2024
These ideas aren’t only gaining influence among preachers and politicians, experts say.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2024
The preacher’s kids with eclectic ears connected immediately.
—Keyaira Boone, Essence, 2 Feb. 2024
And later folk preachers freely borrowed from one another.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
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“Preacher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/preacher. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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