preachman
English
Etymology
Noun
preachman (plural preachmen)
- (obsolete, derogatory) A preacher.
- 1655, James Howell, “To Cap. C. Price”, in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], 3rd edition, volume (please specify the page), London: […] Humphrey Mos[e]ley, […], →OCLC:
- it reigns in the Pulpit more than any where else, for some of our Preach-men are grown dog mad
References
“preachman”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.