evangelist
/ɪˈvænd͡ʒəlɪst/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist, who conducts services in different cities or locations, now often televised.
noun
A writer of a gospel, especially the four New Testament Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), usually capitalized (Evangelist).
noun
A patriarch.
noun
A person marked by extreme enthusiasm for or support of any cause, particularly with regard to religion.
noun
A person hired to promote a particular technology.
noun
A writer of a gospel, especially the four New Testament Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), (also evangelist.)
Example Sentences
- "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."
Etymology
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”).
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Phrases
evangelism marketing
technology evangelist