Gŏs'pel-er, n.

n. [A-S. godspellere.] [Written also gospeller.]

1. An evangelist. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. A follower of Wycliffe, the first Englishman who attempted a reformation of religion; hence, a Puritan. [Obs.] Latimer.
3. A priest who reads the gospel at the altar during the communion service.