postiller

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Etymology[edit]

postil +‎ -er

Noun[edit]

postiller (plural postillers)

  1. (archaic) A writer of notes in the margin of a book.
    • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
      It hath been averred by many holy writers, commonly delivered by postillers and commentators
  2. (archaic) A preacher.

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