preachman

English

Etymology

preach +‎ -man

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.

Anagrams

marchpane

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