preacher
noun /ˈpriːtʃə(r)/
/ˈpriːtʃər/
- a person, often a member of the clergy, who gives religious talks and often performs religious ceremonies, for example in a church
- a preacher famous for her inspiring sermons
- a lay preacher (= who is not a priest, etc. but who has been trained to give religious talks)
Extra ExamplesTopics Religion and festivalsc2- He was a radical preacher who inspired peasants to rebel.
- His father was an itinerant Methodist preacher.
- a Southern hellfire preacher
- a charismatic TV preacher
- clergymen who adamantly opposed women preachers
- right-wing Christian fundamentalist preachers
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- charismatic
- dynamic
- famous
- …
- hear
- listen to
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French precheor, from ecclesiastical Latin praedicator, from the verb praedicare ‘proclaim’, in ecclesiastical Latin ‘preach’, from prae ‘before’ + dicare ‘declare’.