[f. FIELD sb. + PREACHER.] One who preaches in the open air.
1688. in Ellis, Orig. Lett., Ser. II. IV. 148. Balfour, who is a Scotch field-preacher, and said to be the man that murdered the Archbishop of St. Andrews about the year 78 and for which he has been since fled and protected by the States of Holland.
1755. The Connoisseur, No. 86, 18 Sept., ¶ 3. I have acquired the most sublime notions of religion by listening attentively to the spirited harangues of our most eminent field-preachers.
1839. Stonehouse, Axholme, 209. He [Wesley] commenced field preacher; and itinerancy followed as a natural consequence.
