noun
English preacher and author of an allegorical novel, Pilgrim's Progress (1628-1688)
• Syn: ↑Bunyan
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑preacher, ↑preacher man, ↑sermonizer, ↑sermoniser, ↑writer, ↑author
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(1628–88) an English writer of religious books, who also made religious speeches in public places. He fought on the side of Parliament in the ↑English Civil War and later spent 11 years in prison for making ↑Nonconformist religious speeches. While in prison, he began his most famous book, ↑Pilgrim's Progress.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.