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Definition of "gospeler" [gos•pel•er]

  • One who teaches or professes faith in a gospel. (noun)
  • One who reads or sings the Gospel as part of a church service. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "gospeler" in a sentence
  • "Making its way across the Atlantic, Muscular Christianity found adherents among the likes of gospeler Billy Sunday, an ex–baseball player who sounded like a pro wrestler when he denounced sinners as “beetle-browed, hog-jowled, peanut-brained, weasel-eyed four flushers.”"
  • "You wouldn't know a social gospeler if someone jumped up and whacked you with a first edition copy of Christianity and the Social Crisis."
  • "Woodrow Wilson, our premier political gospeler, has not fared well in historical retrospect."