pulpiteer
English
Etymology
pulpit + -eer
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Noun
pulpiteer (plural pulpiteers)
- (derogatory) One who speaks in a pulpit; a preacher.
- 1655, James Howell, “To Mr. John Wilson”, in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], volume (please specify the page), 3rd edition, London: […] Humphrey Mos[e]ley, […], OCLC 84295516:
- I have many thanks to give you, that you so quaintly acquaint me how variously the pulse of the Pulpiteers beat in your Town
- 1844, John Wilson, Essay on the Genius, and Character of Burns:
- We never can think it sinful that Burns should have been humorous on such a pulpiteer.
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References
pulpiteer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913