preachman

noun

preachman

noun

Etymology From preach + -man.

1

Derogatory, Obsolete A preacher.

  • it reigns in the Pulpit more than any where else, for some of our Preach-men are grown dog mad1655, James Howell, “To Cap. C. Price”, in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], 3rd edition, volume (please specify the page), London: […] Humphrey Mos[e]ley, […], →OCLC:

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