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
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In this context, many advocates and evangelists across the tech industry argue that platform engineering offers a compelling way forward i.e. flexibility from above and below is the core mantra.
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Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
These sources include letters to the English-language press, petitions to parliament, testimony in legal cases, and church publications from Christian evangelists ministering to Chinese Australians.
—H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 16 July 2025
Yet what stuck out the most to me was Billy Graham’s regrets toward the end of his life and ministry career, which the book and subsequent interviews revealed, concerning the evangelist’s relationship with politics.
—Stephen Mitchell, Baltimore Sun, 14 July 2025
Yet labor leaders – and even some in-office evangelists – said the governor’s willingness to suddenly drop his demand proved the order was a clever political move and undermined his insistence that in-person work is superior, necessary for productivity and builds public trust.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 10 July 2025
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Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
These sources include letters to the English-language press, petitions to parliament, testimony in legal cases, and church publications from Christian evangelists ministering to Chinese Australians.
—H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 16 July 2025
Yet what stuck out the most to me was Billy Graham’s regrets toward the end of his life and ministry career, which the book and subsequent interviews revealed, concerning the evangelist’s relationship with politics.
—Stephen Mitchell, Baltimore Sun, 14 July 2025
Yet labor leaders – and even some in-office evangelists – said the governor’s willingness to suddenly drop his demand proved the order was a clever political move and undermined his insistence that in-person work is superior, necessary for productivity and builds public trust.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 10 July 2025
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“Evangelist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evangelist. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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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"
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