EVANGELIST

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• EVANGELIST (noun)
  The noun EVANGELIST has 2 senses:

1. a preacher of the Christian gospel

2. (when capitalized) any of the spiritual leaders who are assumed to be authors of the Gospels in the New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John

  Familiarity information: EVANGELIST used as a noun is rare.

• EVANGELIST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A preacher of the Christian gospel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

evangelist; gospeler; gospeller; revivalist

Hypernyms ("evangelist" is a kind of...):

preacher; preacher man; sermoniser; sermonizer (someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "evangelist"):

televangelist (an evangelist who conducts services on television)

Instance hyponyms:

Billy Graham; Graham; William Franklin Graham (United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918))

Aimee Semple McPherson; McPherson (United States evangelist (born in Canada) noted for her extravagant religious services (1890-1944))

Dwight Lyman Moody; Moody (United States evangelist (1837-1899))

Oral Roberts; Roberts (United States evangelist (born 1918))

Billy Sunday; Sunday; William Ashley Sunday (United States evangelist (1862-1935))

Derivation:

evangelism (zealous preaching and advocacy of the gospel)

evangelistic (relating to or promoting the preaching and dissemination of the Christian gospel)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(when capitalized) any of the spiritual leaders who are assumed to be authors of the Gospels in the New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Evangelist" is a kind of...):

spiritual leader (a leader in religious or sacred affairs)

Instance hyponyms:

John; John the Divine; John the Evangelist; Saint John; Saint John the Apostle; St. John; St. John the Apostle ((New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation)

Luke; Saint Luke; St. Luke ((New Testament) the Apostle closely associated with St. Paul and traditionally assumed to be the author of the third Gospel)

Mark; Saint Mark; St. Mark (Apostle and companion of Saint Peter; assumed to be the author of the second Gospel)

Levi; Matthew; Saint Matthew; Saint Matthew the Apostle; St. Matthew; St. Matthew the Apostle ((New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally considered to be the author of the first Gospel)

Derivation:

evangelism (zealous preaching and advocacy of the gospel)

 Context examples 

Swiftly as he went, however, he could not escape the curse of the four blessed evangelists which the mendicant howled behind him.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)