different between preacher vs exhorter

English

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.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?it???/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p?i?t???/
• Rhymes: -i?t??(?)
• Hyphenation: preach?er

Noun

preacher (plural preachers)

1. Someone who preaches a worldview, philosophy, or religion, especially someone who preaches the gospel; a clergyman or clergywoman.
   • 1859, George Meredith, The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, Chapter 10:

     The born preacher we feel instinctively to be our foe. He may do some good to the wretches that have been struck down and lie gasping on the battlefield: he rouses antagonism in the strong.

Derived terms

• preacher bench
• preacher curl
• preacheress

Translations

English

Etymology

From exhort +? -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(r)t?(r)

Noun

exhorter (plural exhorters)

1. (rare) A person who exhorts.
2. (Protestantism) A lay preacher.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exhortor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.z??.te/

Verb

exhorter

1. to exhort

Conjugation

Derived terms

• exhortation

Further reading

• “exhorter” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

exhorter

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of exhortor