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evangelist en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɪˈvænd͡ʒəlɪst/

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”).

Meanings

1. An itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist, who conducts services in different cities or locations, now often televised.
2. A writer of a gospel, especially the four New Testament Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), usually capitalized (Evangelist).
3. (qualifier:primitive Church) A person who first brought the gospel to a city or region.
4. (qualifier:Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) A patriarch.
5. (broadly) A person marked by extreme enthusiasm for or support of any cause, particularly with regard to religion.
   • Hendy has come out as something of an evangelist for discontinuous electrification. For Waterloo-Exeter, this could make real sense on a route where the high capital cost of wiring or third rail all the way to Devon would be prohibitive. But what about his vocal support for it on East West Rail, which is effectively a brand new line? 2025 February 19, Paul Clifton, “I am absolutely committed to reforming the railway”, in RAIL, number 1029, page 41:
   • The film implies that the evangelist, as a type, is a fanatic, a sanctimonious prig, and ultimately a hypocrite. 1996, Peter J. Conn, Pearl S. Buck: A Cultural Biography, →ISBN, page 149:
   • Booth, William (1829-1912) English evangelist; founder and first general of the Salvation Army ... his subordinates being expected to give him unquestioning obedience. 1992, J. D. Douglas, Who's Who in Christian History, →ISBN, page 94:
   • Yet in the spreading consumer market of the mid-1700s, his renditions competed with others offering a far different account of the evangelist and his message. The famous artist William Hogarth mocked Whitefield in two engravings presenting the revivalist as a religious fanatic who held sway over the superstitious lower orders. 1994, Frank Lambert, "Pedlar in Divinity", →ISBN, page 10:
6. A person hired to promote a particular technology.
   • developer evangelist
   • […] and has worked in multiple roles, including as the C# Product Manager and as a Developer Evangelist in the Mid-Atlantic district. 2007, James Avery, Jim Holmes, Windows Developer Power Tools, page xxii:

Forms

Deriveds

evangelism marketing · televangelist · technology evangelist · evangelistic · evangelistship

Relateds

evangelize · missionary · evangelism · Christer · angel · angelic · evangel

Synonyms

gospeler

Translations (54)

hu hitszónok (itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist) · hu evangélista (writer of a gospel) · got 𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌴𐌻𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰 (preacher of the gospel) · xag 𐕃𐕒𐕡𐔾𐕒𐕡𐕘𐔰𐔾 (preacher of the gospel) · ru евангели́ст (itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist) · de Evangelistin (preacher of the gospel) · ru евангели́ст (preacher of the gospel) · fr évangéliste (itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist) · ja 福音の伝道者 (itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist) · de Evangelistin (itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist) · sq ungjilltare (preacher of the gospel) · sq ungjilltar (preacher of the gospel) · is guðspjallamaður (writer of a gospel) · fi intoilija (person marked by extreme enthusiasm) · ja 伝道者 (itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist) · cmn 福音傳道者 /福音传道者 (itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist) · scn evancelista (writer of a gospel) · ang godspellere (itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist) · de Evangelist (writer of a gospel) · fi evankelioija (primitive Church: person who first brought the gospel to a city or region) · ru евангели́стка (preacher of the gospel) · ang godspellere (preacher of the gospel) · de Evangelist (preacher of the gospel) · ang godspellere (writer of a gospel) · fr évangéliste (writer of a gospel) · fi matkasaarnaaja (itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist) · fr évangéliste (preacher of the gospel) · bg евангелист (writer of a gospel) · ru евангели́стка (itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist) · nl evangelist (itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist) · fi evankelista (writer of a gospel) · cs evangelista (writer of a gospel) · ar بَشِير (writer of a gospel) · sq ungjillor (writer of a gospel) · enm gospellere (writer of a gospel) · chr ᎠᎵᏥᏙᏂᏙᎯ (primitive Church: person who first brought the gospel to a city or region) · sw mwinjilisti (itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist) · sv evangelist (writer of a gospel) · ru евангели́ст (writer of a gospel) · fi kiihkoilija (person marked by extreme enthusiasm) · pl ewangelista (writer of a gospel) · cy efengylwr (preacher of the gospel) · chr ᎠᎵᏥᏙᏂᏙᎯ (preacher of the gospel) · da evangelist (writer of a gospel) · sq ungjillor (preacher of the gospel) · fi evankelista (preacher of the gospel) · ru евангели́стка (writer of a gospel) · cmn 傳道者 /传道者 (itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist) · ar إِنْجِيلِيّ (writer of a gospel) · cy efengylwr (writer of a gospel) · sq ungjillore (preacher of the gospel) · ar مُبَشِّر (itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist) · de Evangelist (itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist) · ota انجیلجی (writer of a gospel)