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Evangelist

//ɪˈvænd͡ʒəlɪst// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist, who conducts services in different cities or locations, now often televised.
  2. 2
    A writer of a gospel, especially the four New Testament Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), (also evangelist.)
  3. 3
    a preacher of the Christian gospel wordnet
  4. 4
    A writer of a gospel, especially the four New Testament Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), usually capitalized (Evangelist).
  5. 5
    (when capitalized) any of the spiritual leaders who are assumed to be authors of the Gospels in the New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John wordnet
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  1. 6
    A person who first brought the gospel to a city or region.
  2. 7
    A patriarch.
  3. 8
    A person marked by extreme enthusiasm for or support of any cause, particularly with regard to religion. broadly

    "Booth, William (1829-1912) English evangelist; founder and first general of the Salvation Army ... his subordinates being expected to give him unquestioning obedience."

  4. 9
    A person hired to promote a particular technology.

    "developer evangelist"

Etymology

From Old French evangeliste, equivalent to evangel + -ist, from ecclesiastical Latin evangelista, from ecclesiastical Ancient Greek εὐαγγελιστής (euangelistḗs, “bringer of good news”), from εὐαγγελίζεσθαι (euangelízesthai, “to evangelize”), from εὐάγγελος (euángelos, “bringing good news”), from εὖ (eû, “well”) + ἀγγέλλειν (angéllein, “to announce”).

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