evangelist (noun)

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• evangelist — ► NOUN 1) a person who seeks to convert others to the Christian faith. 2) the writer of one of the four Gospels. 3) a passionate advocate of something. DERIVATIVES evangelism noun evangelistic adjective …   English terms dictionary

• evangelist — noun /ɪˈvændʒəlɪst/ a) An itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist. Booth, William (1829 1912) English evangelist; founder and first general of the Salvation Army ... his subordinates being expected to give him unquestioning… …   Wiktionary

• evangelist — noun (C) 1 someone who travels around speaking at meeting to persuade people to become Christians 2 Evangelist one of the four writers of the books in the Bible called the Gospels evangelism noun (U) evangelistic adjective …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• evangelist — noun Date: 13th century 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… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Evangelist — noun A writer of a gospel, especially the four New Testament Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), (also evangelist.) …   Wiktionary

• evangelist — noun the first evangelist I ever heard of was Billy Graham Syn: preacher, missionary, gospeler, proselytizer, crusader; informal Bible thumper …   Thesaurus of popular words

• evangelist — noun 1》 a person who seeks to convert others to the Christian faith, especially by public preaching. 2》 the writer of one of the four Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John). 3》 a zealous advocate. Derivatives evangelism noun evangelistic… …   English new terms dictionary

• evangelist — UK [ɪˈvændʒəlɪst] / US noun [countable] Word forms evangelist : singular evangelist plural evangelists 1) a member of an evangelical church a) someone who travels around trying to persuade people to become Christians b) evangelist or Evangelist… …   English dictionary

• evangelist — e|van|gel|ist [ ı vændʒəlıst ] noun count 1. ) a member of an EVANGELICAL church a ) someone who travels around trying to persuade people to become Christians b ) evangelist or Evangelist one of the four writers who wrote the parts of the Bible… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• evangelist — [12] The original sense of evangelist was ‘writer of a gospel’. English used to have the word evangel ‘gospel’. This came via Old French evangile and ecclesiastical Latin evangelium from Greek euaggélion, which in classical times meant ‘reward… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• evangelist — [12] The original sense of evangelist was ‘writer of a gospel’. English used to have the word evangel ‘gospel’. This came via Old French evangile and ecclesiastical Latin evangelium from Greek euaggélion, which in classical times meant ‘reward… …   Word origins