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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Alongside this personal relationship-building, the CEO is the chief evangelist for the organization as a whole and needs to be a proficient spokesperson inside and outside the organization.
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Dr. John Blakey, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
The issue has already caused a rift between two competing camps of Trump advisers, tech evangelists and immigration hard-liners.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 13 Feb. 2025
Thank you to all the pastors, evangelists and artists of the kingdom who volunteered for this surprise party.
—Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 8 Feb. 2025
Calley Means is a former lobbyist for food and pharmaceutical companies who is now a health-startup entrepreneur and healthy-food evangelist.
—Miles Bryan, Vox, 30 Jan. 2025
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Dr. John Blakey, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
The issue has already caused a rift between two competing camps of Trump advisers, tech evangelists and immigration hard-liners.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 13 Feb. 2025
Thank you to all the pastors, evangelists and artists of the kingdom who volunteered for this surprise party.
—Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 8 Feb. 2025
Calley Means is a former lobbyist for food and pharmaceutical companies who is now a health-startup entrepreneur and healthy-food evangelist.
—Miles Bryan, Vox, 30 Jan. 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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