Evangelist

Quick meaning: Evangelist is a noun meaning (primitive Church) A person who first brought the gospel to a city or region.

Meaning

(primitive Church) A person who first brought the gospel to a city or region.

More Meanings

1. (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) A patriarch.
2. (by extension) A person marked by extreme enthusiasm for or support of any cause, particularly with regard to religion.
3. (technology) A person hired to promote a particular technology.
4. (Christianity) An itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist, who conducts services in different cities or locations, now often televised.
5. (biblical) A writer of a gospel, especially the four New Testament Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), usually capitalized (Evangelist).

Example Sentences

developer evangelist

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

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

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

Word Forms

• evangelists

Synonyms for evangelist

Depending on context, synonyms include gospeler, revivalist, gospeller.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include gospeler, gospeller, revivalist, missionary, guru, speaker.

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