trail hitter

noun

One who converts to a revivalist form of Christianity.

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Meanings

nountrail hitter (plural trail hitters)

plural trail hitters

  1. informalOne who converts to a revivalist form of Christianity.

    In the final count, Billy Sunday's 1918 Chicago revival attracted 49,165 converted trail-hitters, placing the city third, behind New York and Boston, in the number of revival converts.

    2013, Thekla Ellen Joiner, Sin in the City: Chicago and Revivalism, 1880-1920, page 219
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APA

trail hitter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trail%20hitter

MLA

“trail hitter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trail%20hitter. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trail hitter,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trail%20hitter.

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