evangelist

See also: Evangelist

English

Etymology

From Old French evangeliste, 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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈvænd͡ʒəlɪst/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

Noun

evangelist (plural evangelists)

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

   Synonym: gospeler

2. (biblical) A writer of a gospel, especially the four New Testament Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), usually capitalized (Evangelist).
3. (primitive Church) A person who first brought the gospel to a city or region.
4. (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) A patriarch.
5. (by extension) A person marked by extreme enthusiasm for or support of any cause, particularly with regard to religion.
   • 1992, J. D. Douglas, Who's Who in Christian History, →ISBN, page 94:

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

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

     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.

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

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

6. (technology) A person hired to promote a particular technology.

   developer evangelist

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

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

Derived terms

• televangelist
• technology evangelist
• evangelism marketing

Related terms

• angel
• angelic
• evangel
• evangelism
• evangelize

Translations

itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist

• Arabic: مُبَشِّر (mubaššir)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 福音傳道者／福音传道者 (fúyīn chuándàozhě), 傳道者／传道者 (zh) (chuándàozhě)

• Dutch: evangelist (nl) m
• Finnish: matkasaarnaaja
• French: évangéliste (fr) m or f
• German: Evangelist (de) m, Evangelistin f
• Hungarian: hitszónok (hu)
• Japanese: 福音の伝道者 (ふくいんのでんどうしゃ, fukuin no dendōsha), 伝道者 (でんどうしゃ, dendōsha)
• Old English: godspellere m
• Russian: евангели́ст (ru) m (jevangelíst), евангели́стка (ru) f (jevangelístka)
• Swahili: mwinjilisti (sw)

preacher of the gospel

• Aghwan: 𐕃𐕒𐕡𐔾𐕒𐕡𐕘𐔰𐔾 (ʒ́uluġal)
• Cherokee: ᎠᎵᏥᏙᏂᏙᎯ (alitsidonidohi)
• Finnish: evankelista (fi)
• French: évangéliste (fr) m or f
• German: Evangelist (de) m, Evangelistin f
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌴𐌻𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰 m (aiwaggēlista)
• Old English: godspellere m
• Russian: евангели́ст (ru) m (jevangelíst), евангели́стка (ru) f (jevangelístka)
• Welsh: efengylwr m

writer of a gospel

• Arabic: إِنْجِيلِيّ m (ʔinjīliyy), بَشِير m (bašīr)
• Czech: evangelista m
• Danish: evangelist c
• Finnish: evankelista (fi)
• French: évangéliste (fr) m or f
• German: Evangelist (de) m
• Hungarian: evangélista (hu)
• Icelandic: guðspjallamaður m
• Old English: godspellere m
• Ottoman Turkish: انجیلجی (incilci)
• Polish: ewangelista (pl) m
• Russian: евангели́ст (ru) m (jevangelíst), евангели́стка (ru) f (jevangelístka)
• Swedish: evangelist (sv) c
• Welsh: efengylwr m

primitive Church: person who first brought the gospel to a city or region

• Cherokee: ᎠᎵᏥᏙᏂᏙᎯ (alitsidonidohi)
• Finnish: evankelioija

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: patriarch

person marked by extreme enthusiasm

• Finnish: kiihkoilija (fi), intoilija (fi)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} évangéliste (fr)
• German: ^{(please verify)} Evangelistin f
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} evangelista (it)
• Persian: ^{(please verify)} انجيلي (fa) (enjeeli)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} evangelista (es)
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} evangelist (sv) c (4, 5)

See also

• missionary
• Christer

Further reading

• “evangelist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “evangelist”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• gavestinel

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ewangeliste, from Old French evangeliste, from Latin ēvangelista, from Ancient Greek εὐαγγελιστής (euangelistḗs). Equivalent to evangelie +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌeː.vɑŋ.ɣeːˈlɪst/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: evan‧ge‧list
• Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

evangelist m (plural evangelisten, diminutive evangelistje n)

1. (Christianity) An evangelist, an author of one of the gospels.
2. (Protestantism) A Christian missionary.
3. (Protestantism) A preacher in an evangelical church.

Descendants

• Negerhollands: evangelist

Swedish

Noun

evangelist c

1. evangelist; a preacher of the gospel
2. evangelist; a writer of a gospel

Declension

Declension of evangelist
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	evangelist	evangelisten	evangelister	evangelisterna
Genitive	evangelists	evangelistens	evangelisters	evangelisternas