a person, often a member of the clergy, who gives religious talks and often performs religious ceremonies, for example in a church传道者；牧师- a preacher famous for her inspiring sermons以发人深省的讲道出名的传道者
- a lay preacher (= who is not a priest, etc. but who has been trained to give religious talks)在俗传道员
Extra Examples- He was a radical preacher who inspired peasants to rebel.他是一个激进的传教者，鼓动农民造反。
- His father was an itinerant Methodist preacher.他的父亲是一个卫理公会的巡回传教士。
- a Southern hellfire preacher一个宣扬南方地狱之火的传教士
- a charismatic TV preacher一位有魅力的电视传教士
- clergymen who adamantly opposed women preachers坚决反对女性传教士的牧师
- right-wing Christian fundamentalist preachers右翼的基督教原教旨主义传教士
Topics Religion and festivalsc2Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- charismatic
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verb + preacherSee full entry Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French precheor, from ecclesiastical Latin praedicator, from the verb praedicare ‘proclaim’, in ecclesiastical Latin ‘preach’, from prae ‘before’ + dicare ‘declare’.