Preach"er (?), n. [Cf.
OF. preeschierre, prescheur, F. prêcheur, L.
praedicator.]
1. One who preaches; one who discourses publicly on religious
subjects.
How shall they hear without a preacher?
Rom. x. 14. 2. One who inculcates anything with earnestness.
No preacher is listened to but Time.
Swift. Preacher
bird (Zoöl.),
a toucan.