evangelist

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈvænd͡ʒəlɪst/

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evangelist (plural evangelists)

1. (Christianity) An itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist, who conducts services in different cities or locations, now often televised.

   Synonym: gospeler

2. (biblical) A writer of a gospel, especially the four New Testament Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), usually capitalized (Evangelist).
3. (primitive Church) A person who first brought the gospel to a city or region.
4. (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) A patriarch.
5. (by extension) A person marked by extreme enthusiasm for or support of any cause, particularly with regard to religion.
   • 1992, J. D. Douglas, Who's Who in Christian History, →ISBN, page 94:

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

   • 1994, Frank Lambert, "Pedlar in Divinity", →ISBN, page 10:

     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.

   • 1996, Peter J. Conn, Pearl S. Buck: A Cultural Biography, →ISBN, page 149:

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

6. (technology) A person hired to promote a particular technology.

   developer evangelist

   • 2007, James Avery, Jim Holmes, Windows Developer Power Tools, page xxii:

     […] 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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• “evangelist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “evangelist”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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From Middle Dutch ewangeliste, from Old French evangeliste, from Latin ēvangelista, from Ancient Greek εὐαγγελιστής (euangelistḗs). Equivalent to evangelie +‎ -ist.

• IPA^(key): /ˌeː.vɑŋ.ɣeːˈlɪst/

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• Hyphenation: evan‧ge‧list
• Rhymes: -ɪst

evangelist m (plural evangelisten, diminutive evangelistje n)

1. (Christianity) an evangelist, an author of one of the gospels
2. (Protestantism) a Christian missionary
3. (Protestantism) a preacher in an evangelical church

• Negerhollands: evangelist

evangelist c

1. evangelist; a preacher of the gospel
2. evangelist; a writer of a gospel