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

Media outlets raced each other by plane to be the first to get a photo of the miraculously alive evangelist. —Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025

One night, Beck invited his friend Trace Mayer, a Bitcoin evangelist and investor who hosts a cryptocurrency podcast, to a sort of maga salon at the house. —Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025

Similar to the 2023 Beacon solo shows, the two-and-a-half-hour concert at the Barclays was like a religious revival gathering with Cave in the guise of a passionate evangelist while alternating between playing piano and reaching out to the front section of the audience with his hands. —David Chiu, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025

What if European savers, depicted by MAGA evangelists as rich and degenerate progressives, sold American assets and repatriated their savings? —David McWilliams, Time, 9 Apr. 2025

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"