evangelist

See also: Evangelist

English

Etymology

From Old French evangeliste, equivalent to evangel +‎ -ist, 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):

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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

• evangelism marketing
• evangelistic
• evangelistship
• technology evangelist
• televangelist

 

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)
• Albanian: ungjillor (sq) m, ungjillore f, ungjilltar (sq) m, ungjilltare f
• 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

• Albanian: ungjillor (sq) m
• 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:

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• 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

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	evangelist	evangelists
	definite	evangelisten	evangelistens
plural	indefinite	evangelister	evangelisters
	definite	evangelisterna	evangelisternas