"preacher" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɹit͡ʃɚ/ [General-American], /ˈpɹiːt͡ʃə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-preacher.wav [Southern-England] Forms: preachers [plural]
Rhymes: -iːtʃə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English precher, prechere; partly equivalent to preach + -er, and partly continuing Middle English prechour, prechiour, from Old French preecheor (French prêcheur), from Latin praedicator (“public praiser, proclaimer”). See preach. Displaced native Old English bydel. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|precher}} Middle English precher, {{m|enm|prechere}} prechere, {{af|en|preach|-er}} preach + -er, {{inh|en|enm|prechour}} Middle English prechour, {{m|enm|prechiour}} prechiour, {{der|en|fro|preecheor}} Old French preecheor, {{cog|fr|prêcheur}} French prêcheur, {{der|en|la|praedicator|t=public praiser, proclaimer}} Latin praedicator (“public praiser, proclaimer”), {{ncog|ang|bydel}} Old English bydel Head templates: {{en-noun}} preacher (plural preachers)
  1. Someone who preaches a worldview, philosophy, or religion, especially someone who preaches the gospel and especially a clergyman or clergywoman. Wikipedia link: preacher Categories (topical): Occupations, People, Religion Hyponyms: evangelist, proselytizer Derived forms: lay preacher, local preacher, preacher bench, preacher bird, preacher curl, preacheress Translations (one who preaches): predikant (Afrikaans), predikues (Albanian), وَاعِظ (wāʕiẓ) (Arabic), քարոզիչ (kʻarozičʻ) (Armenian), vaiz (Azerbaijani), xətib (Azerbaijani), sermolari (Basque), прапаве́днік (prapavjédnik) [masculine] (Belarusian), каза́льнік (kazálʹnik) [masculine] (Belarusian), каза́ннік (kazánnik) [masculine] (Belarusian), пропове́дник (propovédnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), predicador [masculine] (Catalan), ᎠᎵᏣᏙᎲᏍᎩ (alitsadohvsgi) (Cherokee), aba' anompa ishtanompoli' (Chickasaw), 傳教士 (Chinese Cantonese), 传教士 (cyun⁴ gaau³ si⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 傳教士 (Chinese Mandarin), 传教士 (chuánjiàoshì) (Chinese Mandarin), kazatel [masculine] (Czech), prædikant [masculine] (Danish), prediker [masculine] (Dutch), predikant [masculine] (Dutch), predikisto (Esperanto), jutlustaja (Estonian), prædikari [masculine] (Faroese), prædikumaður [masculine] (Faroese), saarnaaja (Finnish), prédicateur (French), prêcheur [masculine] (French), მქადაგებელი (mkadagebeli) (Georgian), Prediger [masculine] (German), 𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 (mērjands) [masculine] (Gothic), ιεροκήρυκας (ierokírykas) [masculine] (Greek), उपदेशक (updeśak) [masculine] (Hindi), prédikátor (Hungarian), Prediger (Hutterisch), prédikari [masculine] (Icelandic), predikisto (Ido), predicator (Interlingua), seanmóirí [masculine] (Irish), predicatore (Italian), 説教者 (sekkyōsha) (alt: せっきょうしゃ) (Japanese), deevelesko laavesko rakkiboskero [masculine] (Kalo Finnish Romani), deevelesko laavesko rakkiboskeri [feminine] (Kalo Finnish Romani), уағызшы (uağyzşy) (Kazakh), 설교자 (seolgyoja) (Korean), үгүттөөчү (ügüttööcü) (Kyrgyz), praedicator (Latin), sludinātājs [masculine] (Latvian), pamokslininkas [masculine] (Lithuanian), проповедник (propovednik) [masculine] (Macedonian), preaçhoor [masculine] (Manx), sharmaneagh [masculine] (Manx), kaikauhau (Maori), kaikauwhau (Maori), hatwibu (Ngazidja Comorian), prêcheux [masculine] (Norman), prédicateu [masculine] (Norman), waiz [feminine, masculine] (Northern Kurdish), predikant (Norwegian), bydel [masculine] (Old English), واعظ (wā'éz) [masculine] (Pashto), واعظ (vâ'ez) (Persian), Prädja [masculine] (Plautdietsch), kaznodzieja [masculine] (Polish), pregador (Portuguese), predicator (Romanian), пропове́дник (propovédnik) [masculine] (Russian), searmonaiche [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), проповѐднӣк [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), проповјѐднӣк [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), propovèdnīk [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), propovjèdnīk [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kazateľ [masculine] (Slovak), pridigar [masculine] (Slovene), predicador (Spanish), mhubiri (Swahili), predikant (Swedish), predikador (Tagalog), воиз (voyiz) (Tajik), vaiz (Turkish), пропові́дник (propovídnyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), واعظ (vā'iz) [masculine] (Urdu), ۋائىز (wa'iz) (Uyghur), voiz (Uzbek), người thuyết giáo (Vietnamese), pretcheu [masculine] (Walloon), pregethwr [masculine] (Welsh)

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          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
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          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "cyun⁴ gaau³ si⁶",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
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        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
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        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chuánjiàoshì",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "word": "传教士"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "kazatel"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "prædikant"
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "word": "jutlustaja"
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          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "prædikari"
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          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "prædikumaður"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "word": "saarnaaja"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "word": "prédicateur"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "prêcheur"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "mkadagebeli",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "word": "მქადაგებელი"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Prediger"
        },
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          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "mērjands",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ierokírykas",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ιεροκήρυκας"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "updeśak",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "उपदेशक"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "word": "prédikátor"
        },
        {
          "code": "geh",
          "lang": "Hutterisch",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "word": "Prediger"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "prédikari"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "word": "predikisto"
        },
        {
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "word": "predicator"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "seanmóirí"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "word": "predicatore"
        },
        {
          "alt": "せっきょうしゃ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sekkyōsha",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "word": "説教者"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "uağyzşy",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "word": "уағызшы"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "seolgyoja",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "word": "설교자"
        },
        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "waiz"
        },
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          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "ügüttööcü",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "word": "үгүттөөчү"
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          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "word": "praedicator"
        },
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          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sludinātājs"
        },
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          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pamokslininkas"
        },
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "propovednik",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "проповедник"
        },
        {
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "preaçhoor"
        },
        {
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sharmaneagh"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "word": "kaikauhau"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "word": "kaikauwhau"
        },
        {
          "code": "zdj",
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          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "word": "hatwibu"
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          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "prédicateu"
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          "code": "no",
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          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "word": "predikant"
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          "code": "ang",
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          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "bydel"
        },
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          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "wā'éz",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "واعظ"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "vâ'ez",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "word": "واعظ"
        },
        {
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Prädja"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "word": "pregador"
        },
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          "code": "rmf",
          "lang": "Kalo Finnish Romani",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
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          "code": "rmf",
          "lang": "Kalo Finnish Romani",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "deevelesko laavesko rakkiboskeri"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "word": "predicator"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "propovédnik",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "пропове́дник"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "searmonaiche"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "проповѐднӣк"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "проповјѐднӣк"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "propovèdnīk"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "propovjèdnīk"
        },
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kazateľ"
        },
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          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pridigar"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "word": "predicador"
        },
        {
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "word": "mhubiri"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "word": "predikant"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "word": "predikador"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "voyiz",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "word": "воиз"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "word": "vaiz"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "propovídnyk",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "пропові́дник"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "vā'iz",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "واعظ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "wa'iz",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "word": "ۋائىز"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "word": "voiz"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "word": "người thuyết giáo"
        },
        {
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pretcheu"
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          "code": "cy",
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          "sense": "one who preaches",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pregethwr"
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        "preacher"
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        "General-American"
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      "ipa": "/ˈpɹiːt͡ʃə/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "word": "local preacher"
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      "word": "preacher curl"
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      "word": "evangelist"
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    {
      "word": "proselytizer"
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        "English agent nouns",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
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        "English nouns",
        "English terms derived from Latin",
        "English terms derived from Middle English",
        "English terms derived from Old French",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
        "English terms suffixed with -er",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "Kalo Finnish Romani terms in nonstandard scripts",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
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        "en:People",
        "en:Religion"
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          "gospel",
          "gospel"
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          "clergywoman"
        ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈpɹiːt͡ʃə/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
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      "rhymes": "-iːtʃə(ɹ)"
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "word": "predikant"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "word": "predikues"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "wāʕiẓ",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "word": "وَاعِظ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kʻarozičʻ",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "word": "քարոզիչ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "word": "vaiz"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "word": "xətib"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "word": "sermolari"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "prapavjédnik",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прапаве́днік"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "kazálʹnik",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "каза́льнік"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "kazánnik",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "каза́ннік"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "propovédnik",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пропове́дник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "predicador"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "alitsadohvsgi",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "word": "ᎠᎵᏣᏙᎲᏍᎩ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cic",
      "lang": "Chickasaw",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "word": "aba' anompa ishtanompoli'"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "word": "傳教士"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "cyun⁴ gaau³ si⁶",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "word": "传教士"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "word": "傳教士"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chuánjiàoshì",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "word": "传教士"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kazatel"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prædikant"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prediker"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "predikant"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "word": "predikisto"
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    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "word": "jutlustaja"
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    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prædikari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prædikumaður"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "word": "saarnaaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "word": "prédicateur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prêcheur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mkadagebeli",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "word": "მქადაგებელი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Prediger"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "mērjands",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ierokírykas",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ιεροκήρυκας"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "updeśak",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "उपदेशक"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "word": "prédikátor"
    },
    {
      "code": "geh",
      "lang": "Hutterisch",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "word": "Prediger"
    },
    {
      "code": "geh",
      "lang": "Hutterisch",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "word": "Prediger"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prédikari"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "word": "predikisto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "word": "predicator"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "seanmóirí"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "word": "predicatore"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せっきょうしゃ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sekkyōsha",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "word": "説教者"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "uağyzşy",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "word": "уағызшы"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seolgyoja",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "word": "설교자"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "waiz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "ügüttööcü",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "word": "үгүттөөчү"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "word": "praedicator"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sludinātājs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pamokslininkas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "propovednik",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "проповедник"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "preaçhoor"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sharmaneagh"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "word": "kaikauhau"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "word": "kaikauwhau"
    },
    {
      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "word": "hatwibu"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prêcheux"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prédicateu"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "word": "predikant"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bydel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "wā'éz",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "واعظ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "vâ'ez",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "word": "واعظ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Prädja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kaznodzieja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "word": "pregador"
    },
    {
      "code": "rmf",
      "lang": "Kalo Finnish Romani",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "deevelesko laavesko rakkiboskero"
    },
    {
      "code": "rmf",
      "lang": "Kalo Finnish Romani",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "deevelesko laavesko rakkiboskeri"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "word": "predicator"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "propovédnik",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пропове́дник"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "searmonaiche"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "проповѐднӣк"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "проповјѐднӣк"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "propovèdnīk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "propovjèdnīk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kazateľ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pridigar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "word": "predicador"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "word": "mhubiri"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "word": "predikant"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "word": "predikador"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "voyiz",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "word": "воиз"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "word": "vaiz"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "propovídnyk",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пропові́дник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "vā'iz",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "واعظ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "wa'iz",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "word": "ۋائىز"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "word": "voiz"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "word": "người thuyết giáo"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pretcheu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "one who preaches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pregethwr"
    }
  ],
  "word": "preacher"
}

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