J. Hector St. Jean de Crevecoeur's "Letters from an American Farmer"

preachers

preach·​er ˈprē-chər 
plural preachers
Noun
one who preaches: such as
a
a person who delivers a sermon publicly
a street preacher
b
one whose function is to preach sermons PASTORMINISTER
She waited patiently on a Sunday morning until the crowd had said good-by to the preacher.—Don Jeffries
"What kind of preacher are you? What denomination?" "I was ordained in a Baptist church, but I'm sort of nondenominational now."—John Grisham
c
one who inculcates or exhorts something earnestly or officiously
… he was an ardent preacher of gentlemanly ethics …—Paul Schullery
… he was perceived by the larger world, not inaccurately, as a preacher of the hatred.—Nicholas Lemann

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