name · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈpɹiːt͡ʃəː/
Received-Pronunciation:[ˈphɹwɪi̯t͡ʃə]
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1
name
Meaning 1
Ecclesiastes, the twenty-first book of the Old Testament.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
2
name
Meaning 2
A male given name from English.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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Antonyms: none provided
3
name
Meaning 3
A surname from Middle English.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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Antonyms: none provided
4
name
Meaning 4
A nickname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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5
noun
Meaning 5
Someone who preaches a worldview, philosophy, or religion, especially someone who preaches the gospel and especially a clergyman or clergywoman. In a religious context, usually used only to refer to Protestant Christian clergy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cleric
6
noun
Meaning 6
someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: preacher man, sermonizer, sermoniser
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: clergyman, reverend, man of the cloth
Narrower terms: evangelist, revivalist, gospeler, gospeller, Bunyan, John Bunyan, John Chrysostom, St. John Chrysostom
History
Etymology
From Middle English precher, prechere; partly equivalent to preach + -er, and partly continuing Middle English prechour, prechiour, from Old French preecheor (French prêcheur), from Latin praedicator (“public praiser, proclaimer”). See preach. Displaced native Old English bydel.
Across languages
Translations
95 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
predikant
— one who preaches
Albanian:
predikues
— one who preaches
Amharic:
ሰባኪ
(säbaki)
— one who preaches
Arabic:
وَاعِظ
(wāʕiẓ)
— one who preaches
Armenian:
քարոզիչ
(kʻarozičʻ)
— one who preaches
Azerbaijani:
vaiz
— one who preaches
Azerbaijani:
xətib
— one who preaches
Basque:
sermolari
— one who preaches
Belarusian:
прапаве́днік
(prapavjédnik)
— one who preaches
Belarusian:
каза́льнік
(kazálʹnik)
— one who preaches
Belarusian:
каза́ннік
(kazánnik)
— one who preaches
Bulgarian:
пропове́дник
(propovédnik)
— one who preaches
Catalan:
predicador
— one who preaches
Cherokee:
ᎠᎵᏣᏙᎲᏍᎩ
(alitsadohvsgi)
— one who preaches
Chickasaw:
aba' anompa ishtanompoli'
— one who preaches
Chinese Cantonese:
傳教士 /传教士
(cyun4 gaau3 si6)
— one who preaches
Chinese Mandarin:
傳教士 /传教士
(chuánjiàoshì)
— one who preaches
Ngazidja Comorian:
hatwibu
— one who preaches
Czech:
kazatel
— one who preaches
Danish:
prædikant
— one who preaches
Dutch:
prediker
— one who preaches
Dutch:
predikant
— one who preaches
Esperanto:
predikisto
— one who preaches
Estonian:
jutlustaja
— one who preaches
Faroese:
prædikari
— one who preaches
Faroese:
prædikumaður
— one who preaches
Finnish:
saarnaaja
— one who preaches
French:
prédicateur
— one who preaches
French:
prêcheur
— one who preaches
Georgian:
მქადაგებელი
(mkadagebeli)
— one who preaches
German:
Prediger
— one who preaches
Gothic:
𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃
(mērjands)
— one who preaches
Greek:
ιεροκήρυκας
(ierokírykas)
— one who preaches
Ancient Greek:
ἱεροκῆρυξ
(hierokêrux)
— one who preaches
Hindi:
उपदेशक
(updeśak)
— one who preaches
Hungarian:
prédikátor
— one who preaches
Hutterisch:
Prediger
— one who preaches
Icelandic:
prédikari
— one who preaches
Ido:
predikisto
— one who preaches
Interlingua:
predicator
— one who preaches
Irish:
seanmóirí
— one who preaches
Italian:
predicatore
— one who preaches
Japanese:
説教者
(sekkyōsha)
— one who preaches
Kazakh:
уағызшы
(uağyzşy)
— one who preaches
Korean:
설교자
(seolgyoja)
— one who preaches
Northern Kurdish:
waiz
— one who preaches
Kyrgyz:
үгүттөөчү
(ügüttööcü)
— one who preaches
Latin:
praedicator
— one who preaches
Latvian:
sludinātājs
— one who preaches
Lithuanian:
pamokslininkas
— one who preaches
Macedonian:
проповедник
(propovednik)
— one who preaches
Manx:
preaçhoor
— one who preaches
Manx:
sharmaneagh
— one who preaches
Māori:
kaikauhau
— one who preaches
Māori:
kaikauwhau
— one who preaches
Muna:
pandita
— one who preaches
Khiamniungan Naga:
āchìm
— one who preaches
Norman:
prêcheux
— one who preaches
Norman:
prédicateu
— one who preaches
Norwegian:
predikant
— one who preaches
Old English:
bydel
— one who preaches
Pannonian Rusyn:
казательнїк
(kazatelʹnjik)
— one who preaches
Pannonian Rusyn:
наказовач
(nakazovač)
— one who preaches
Pannonian Rusyn:
наказователь
(nakazovatelʹ)
— one who preaches
Pannonian Rusyn:
проповиднїк
(propovidnjik)
— one who preaches
Pashto:
واعظ
(wā'éz)
— one who preaches
Persian:
واعظ
(vâ'ez)
— one who preaches
Plautdietsch:
Prädja
— one who preaches
Polish:
kaznodzieja
— one who preaches
Portuguese:
pregador
— one who preaches
Kalo Finnish Romani:
deevelesko laavesko rakkiboskero
— one who preaches
Kalo Finnish Romani:
deevelesko laavesko rakkiboskeri
— one who preaches
Romanian:
predicator
— one who preaches
Russian:
пропове́дник
(propovédnik)
— one who preaches
Scottish Gaelic:
searmonaiche
— one who preaches
Serbo-Croatian:
проповѐднӣк
— one who preaches
Serbo-Croatian:
проповјѐднӣк
— one who preaches
Serbo-Croatian:
propovèdnīk
— one who preaches
Serbo-Croatian:
propovjèdnīk
— one who preaches
Slovak:
kazateľ
— one who preaches
Slovene:
pridigar
— one who preaches
Spanish:
predicador
— one who preaches
Swahili:
mhubiri
— one who preaches
Swedish:
predikant
— one who preaches
Tagalog:
predikador
— one who preaches
Tajik:
воиз
(voyiz)
— one who preaches
Turkish:
vaiz
— one who preaches
Ukrainian:
пропові́дник
(propovídnyk)
— one who preaches