pulpiteer
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Noun[edit]
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. […], 3rd edition, volume (please specify the page), London: […] Humphrey Mos[e]ley, […], →OCLC:
- 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.
Verb[edit]
pulpiteer (third-person singular simple present pulpiteers, present participle pulpiteering, simple past and past participle pulpiteered)
References[edit]
“pulpiteer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.