Standard Lemma guide

preacher

name · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɹiːt͡ʃəː/
  • Received-Pronunciation: [ˈphɹwɪi̯t͡ʃə]
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canadian, General-American, Standard: /ˈpɹit͡ʃɚ/
  • Canadian, General-American, Standard: [ˈphɹwɪi̯t͡ʃɚ] ~ [ˈphɹwɪi̯t͡ʃɹ̩]
  • rhymes with -iːtʃə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: P R IY1 CH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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

Synonyms: none provided

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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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

A surname from Middle English.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rare

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

name

Meaning 4

A nickname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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
  • Urdu: واعظ (vā'iz) — one who preaches
  • Uyghur: ۋائىز (wa'iz) — one who preaches
  • Uzbek: voiz — one who preaches
  • Vietnamese: người thuyết giáo — one who preaches
  • Walloon: pretcheu — one who preaches
  • Welsh: pregethwr — one who preaches
  • Welsh: pregethydd — one who preaches
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