evangelist

noun

evan·​ge·​list i-ˈvan-jə-list 

1

often capitalized : a writer of any of the four Gospels

2

: a person who evangelizes

specifically : a Protestant minister or layman who preaches at special services

3

: an enthusiastic advocate

an evangelist for physical fitness

Examples of evangelist in a Sentence

an evangelist of space exploration

Recent Examples on the Web

Beauty mogul Charlotte Tilbury is an unlikely evangelist for Formula 1. —Bypaolo Confino, Fortune, 10 June 2024

But instead of feeling like he could be replaced by AI, Grennan has become an evangelist of this technology and its potential to make work better. —Vox Staff, Vox, 8 May 2024

Cut to: a series of other clips of AI evangelists explicitly validating this concern. —Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 2 Apr. 2024

On the other side are evangelists who see digital currencies as revolutionary and have pushed for the private market to determine their fate. —Justin Muzinich, Foreign Affairs, 25 Oct. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

evangelist

noun

evan·​ge·​list i-ˈvan-jə-ləst 

: a Christian preacher who goes about from place to place trying to change or increase people's religious feelings

Etymology

Middle English evangelist "one of the writers of the four Gospels," from early French and Latin evangelista (same meaning), from Greek euangelizein "to preach the gospel," from euangelion "good news, gospel," from eu- "good" and angelos "messenger, angel"