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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If tech evangelists are right, the technology will become ubiquitous — and profitable.
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Darius Tahir | Kff Health News, ABC News, 10 Jan. 2025
Michael Saylor, the company’s executive chairman and a former Bitcoin skeptic, has become a prominent evangelist for the digital currency.
—David Yaffe-Bellany, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Nvidia features announced for Nvidia Broadcast and content creators
For AI evangelists and content creators, the RTX 50 series' new NVENC encoders can encode HEVC and AV1 video up to 5% faster.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
But, that reality doesn’t stop the evangelists from pounding their chests and boldly declaring that everything from babies to Roombas should be put on chain.
—Jordan Yallen, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Darius Tahir | Kff Health News, ABC News, 10 Jan. 2025
Michael Saylor, the company’s executive chairman and a former Bitcoin skeptic, has become a prominent evangelist for the digital currency.
—David Yaffe-Bellany, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Nvidia features announced for Nvidia Broadcast and content creators
For AI evangelists and content creators, the RTX 50 series' new NVENC encoders can encode HEVC and AV1 video up to 5% faster.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
But, that reality doesn’t stop the evangelists from pounding their chests and boldly declaring that everything from babies to Roombas should be put on chain.
—Jordan Yallen, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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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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