hunting parson
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.81 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An Anglican clergyman who regularly engages in fox hunting.
Example Sentences
- "The hunting parson was, as said, not strong in the pulpit except in voice. But Jack Russell, of Swymbridge, was an exception."
- "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[.]"
Usage
Inflected Forms
hunting parsons (plural)