Evangelist

Definitions

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), (also evangelist.)
3. A writer of a gospel, especially the four New Testament Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), usually capitalized (Evangelist).
4. A person who first brought the gospel to a city or region.
5. A patriarch.
6. A person marked by extreme enthusiasm for or support of any cause, particularly with regard to religion.
   broadly
7. A person hired to promote a particular technology.

Equivalents

17 more languages

العربيةإنجيليالداعيةبشيرمبشر+ 1 more

Češtinaevangelista

Cymraegefengylwr

Danskevangelist

ΕλληνικάΕυαγγελιστής

Suomievankelistaherätyssaarnaajaintoilijakiihkoilijamatkasaarnaaja+ 2 more

Magyarevangélista

Íslenskaguðspjallamaður

日本語伝道師伝道者福音の伝道者

한국어전도사

Latinaevangelista

Nederlandsevangelist

Polskiewangelistakaznodziejaorędownik

Русскийевангелистевангели́стка

Svenskaevangelist

Kiswahilimwinjilisti

Українськаєвангеліст

Examples

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

“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.”

“The film implies that the evangelist, as a type⟳, is a fanatic, a sanctimonious prig, and ultimately a hypocrite.”

“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?”

“developer evangelist”

“[…] and has worked in multiple roles, including as the C# Product Manager and as a Developer Evangelist in the Mid-Atlantic district.”

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