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

Nvidia features announced for Nvidia Broadcast and content creators For AI evangelists and content creators, the RTX 50 series' new NVENC encoders can encode HEVC and AV1 video up to 5% faster. —Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025

But, that reality doesn’t stop the evangelists from pounding their chests and boldly declaring that everything from babies to Roombas should be put on chain. —Jordan Yallen, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024

Copper sculptures of the apostles and evangelists, which narrowly escaped the fire, will return next year. —The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 3 Dec. 2024

One of the most prominent raw milk evangelists is Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Donald Trump’s nominee to head up the Department of Health and Human Services. —Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th 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"