trail hitter

English

Noun

trail hitter (plural trail hitters)

1. (informal) One who converts to a revivalist form of Christianity.
   • 2013, Thekla Ellen Joiner, Sin in the City: Chicago and Revivalism, 1880-1920, page 219:

     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.

Usage notes

• Associated with the American evangelist Billy Sunday.

Related terms

• hit the trail