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hunting parson

hunting parson noun: an Anglican clergyman who regularly engages in fox hunting.

Noun

hunting parson (plural hunting parsons)

  1. An Anglican clergyman who regularly engages in fox hunting.
    • The hunting parson was, as said, not strong in the pulpit except in voice. But Jack Russell, of Swymbridge, was an exception.1908, Sabine Baring-Gould, Devonshire Characters and Strange Events, Plymouth: Willian Brendon and Sons, Two Hunting Parsons
  2. (UK, obsolete) One who fulfils (an office) with insufficient dignity.
    • You become a hunting parson, and ride with a happy mind among blasphemers and mocking devils—you, whose aspirations were so high, who have spoken so often and so well of the duties of a minister of Christ[.]1861, Anthony Trollope, chapter 15, in Framley Parsonage, London: Smith, Elder & Co.

Forms of hunting parson

pluralhunting parsons

Questions about hunting parson

What does hunting parson mean?
Hunting parson means an Anglican clergyman who regularly engages in fox hunting.
What part of speech is hunting parson?
Hunting parson is a noun.
What is the plural of hunting parson?
The plural of hunting parson is hunting parsons.

Words near hunting parson in the dictionary

  1. hunting leopard
  2. hunting leopards
  3. hunting lodge
  4. hunting lodges
  5. hunting out
  6. hunting parson
  7. hunting pink
  8. hunting pinks
  9. hunting pressure
  10. hunting reaction
  11. hunting reactions

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