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gospelmonger

gospelmonger noun: one who peddles the gospel; a Bible thumper.

Noun

gospelmonger (plural gospelmongers)

  1. (derogatory, rare) One who peddles the gospel; a Bible thumper.
    • Mr. Glassner’s latest book, “The Gospel of Food: Everything You Think You Know About Food is Wrong” (Ecco/HarperCollins $25.95), posits that misguided (and misguiding) gospelmongers are persuading Americans to eat according to ever more irrational notions and sillier motivations.2007 January 10, Anne Mendelson, “At the Temples of Food, an Outsider’s Look at the Sacred Texts”, in New York Times

Forms of gospelmonger

pluralgospelmongers

Origin of gospelmonger

From gospel + monger.

Questions about gospelmonger

What does gospelmonger mean?
Gospelmonger means one who peddles the gospel; a Bible thumper.
What part of speech is gospelmonger?
Gospelmonger is a noun.
What is the plural of gospelmonger?
The plural of gospelmonger is gospelmongers.

Words near gospelmonger in the dictionary

  1. gospellized
  2. gospellizes
  3. gospellizing
  4. gospells
  5. gospelly
  6. gospelmonger
  7. gospelmongers
  8. gospelphile
  9. gospelphiles
  10. gospels
  11. gospely

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