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pulpiteer

noun

Etymology

From pulpit + -eer.

  1. derived from pulpitum — “platform”
  2. derived from pulpite
  3. inherited from pulpit
  4. suffixed as pulpiteer — “pulpit + eer”

Definitions

  1. One who speaks in a pulpit

    One who speaks in a pulpit; a preacher.

    • I have many thanks to give you, that you so quaintly acquaint me how variously the pulse of the Pulpiteers beat in your Town
    • We never can think it sinful that Burns should have been humorous on such a pulpiteer.

  2. To speak from, or as if from, a pulpit

    To speak from, or as if from, a pulpit; to preach or lecture.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA