PREACHER

Source: 566, 567

preacher. Preacher, n. a person who preaches, a minister

---

Preach″er (?), n. [[Cf. OF. preeschierre, prescheur, F. prêcheur, L. praedicator.]] 1. 1. One who preaches; one who discourses publicly on religious subjects.
How shall they hear without a preacher? Rom. x. 14. 2. 2. One who inculcates anything with earnestness.
No preacher is listened to but Time. Swift. Preacher bird (Zoöl.), a toucan.