preacher
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Definition of preacher
: 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 "What kind of preacher are you? What denomination?" "I was ordained in a Baptist church, but I'm sort of nondenominational now." —John Grisham
c : one who inculcates or exhorts something earnestly or officiously … he was an ardent preacher of gentlemanly ethics … —Paul Schullery … he was perceived by the larger world, not inaccurately, as a preacher of the hatred. —Nicholas Lemann
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