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preach·er 
[pree-cher] Pronunciation Key
[pree-cher] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | a person whose occupation or function it is to preach the gospel. |
| 2. | a person who preaches. |
| 3. | Friar Preacher. |
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| preach·er
(prē'chər) Pronunciation Key
n.
River navigation in America has its own lexicon, including words for hazards encountered in riverboat travel. Large uprooted trees that had drifted down the river and become stuck in the riverbed were sometimes known by their peculiar and dangerous characteristics. John McPhee writes for the New Yorker: "One kind . . . known as a sawyer, sawed up and down with the vagaries of the current . . . In the Yukon River, such logs—eternally bowing—are known as preachers. In the Mississippi . . . they were all snags." |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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| preacher | |
noun | |
| someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel |
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Preacher
Preach"er\, n. [Cf. OF. preeschierre, prescheur, F. pr[^e]cheur, 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 (Zo["o]l.), a toucan.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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