evangelist

plural evangelists

1. ChristianityAn itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist, who conducts services in different cities or locations, now often televised.

   Synonyms: gospeler

2. biblicalA writer of a gospel, especially the four New Testament Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), usually capitalized (Evangelist).
3. primitive ChurchA person who first brought the gospel to a city or region.
4. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsA patriarch.
5. broadlyA person marked by extreme enthusiasm for or support of any cause, particularly with regard to religion.

   The film implies that the evangelist, as a type, is a fanatic, a sanctimonious prig, and ultimately a hypocrite.

   1996, Peter J. Conn, Pearl S. Buck: A Cultural Biography, →ISBN, page 149

   3 more examples

   Booth, William (1829-1912) English evangelist; founder and first general of the Salvation Army ... his subordinates being expected to give him unquestioning obedience.

   1992, J. D. Douglas, Who's Who in Christian History, →ISBN, page 94

   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.

   1994, Frank Lambert, "Pedlar in Divinity", →ISBN, page 10

   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?

   2025 February 19, Paul Clifton, “I am absolutely committed to reforming the railway”, in RAIL, number 1029, page 41

6. engineeringA person hired to promote a particular technology.

   developer evangelist

   1 more example

   […] and has worked in multiple roles, including as the C# Product Manager and as a Developer Evangelist in the Mid-Atlantic district.

   2007, James Avery, Jim Holmes, Windows Developer Power Tools, page xxii

plural Evangelists

1. biblicalA writer of a gospel, especially the four New Testament Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), (also evangelist.)