evangelist

noun

evan·​ge·​list i-ˈvan-jə-list 

1

often Evangelist : 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

In-flight evangelists have preached sermons and busted out guitars in recent years. — Hannah Sampson, Washington Post, 23 July 2026

Tiffani Bova, a Salesforce growth evangelist, highlights this approach for modern executives at the upcoming TruNorth AI Leadership Summit. — Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

That’s pretty much what happens when any bubble pops, as a Dutch tulip obsessive could have told you in 1637 or a bitcoin evangelist could have told you in 2011, 2013, 2014, 2018, or 2022. — Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026

Andreessen made a fortune creating some of the internet's earliest web browsers and is now one of AI's most vocal evangelists. — Matt Peterson, CNBC, 9 July 2026

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"