noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/ɪˈvænd͡ʒəlɪst/
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noun
Meaning 1
An itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist, who conducts services in different cities or locations, now often televised.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Christianity
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gospeler
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A writer of a gospel, especially the four New Testament Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), usually capitalized (Evangelist).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A person who first brought the gospel to a city or region.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: primitive Church
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A patriarch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
A person marked by extreme enthusiasm for or support of any cause, particularly with regard to religion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 6
A person hired to promote a particular technology.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Narrower terms: televangelist, Graham, Billy Graham, William Franklin Graham, McPherson, Aimee Semple McPherson, Moody, Dwight Lyman Moody, Roberts, Oral Roberts, Sunday, Billy Sunday, William Ashley Sunday
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noun
Meaning 9
(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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spiritual leader
Narrower terms: John, Saint John, St. John, Saint John the Apostle, St. John the Apostle, John the Evangelist, John the Divine, Luke, Saint Luke, St. Luke, Mark, Saint Mark, St. Mark, Matthew, Saint Matthew, St. Matthew, Saint Matthew the Apostle, St. Matthew the Apostle, Levi
History
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”).
Across languages
Translations
64 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
مُبَشِّر
(mubaššir)
— itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist
Chinese Mandarin:
福音傳道者 /福音传道者
(fúyīn chuándàozhě)
— itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist
Chinese Mandarin:
傳道者 /传道者
(chuándàozhě)
— itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist
Dutch:
evangelist
— itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist
Finnish:
matkasaarnaaja
— itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist
French:
évangéliste
— itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist
German:
Evangelist
— itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist
German:
Evangelistin
— itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist
Hungarian:
hitszónok
— itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist
Japanese:
福音の伝道者
(fukuin no dendōsha)
— itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist
Japanese:
伝道者
(dendōsha)
— itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist
Old English:
godspellere
— itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist
Russian:
евангели́ст
(jevangelíst)
— itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist
Russian:
евангели́стка
(jevangelístka)
— itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist
Swahili:
mwinjilisti
— itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist
Aghwan:
𐕃𐕒𐕡𐔾𐕒𐕡𐕘𐔰𐔾
(ʒ́uluġal)
— preacher of the gospel
Albanian:
ungjillor
— preacher of the gospel
Albanian:
ungjillore
— preacher of the gospel
Albanian:
ungjilltar
— preacher of the gospel
Albanian:
ungjilltare
— preacher of the gospel
Cherokee:
ᎠᎵᏥᏙᏂᏙᎯ
(alitsidonidohi)
— preacher of the gospel
Finnish:
evankelista
— preacher of the gospel
French:
évangéliste
— preacher of the gospel
German:
Evangelist
— preacher of the gospel
German:
Evangelistin
— preacher of the gospel
Gothic:
𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌴𐌻𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰
(aiwaggēlista)
— preacher of the gospel
Old English:
godspellere
— preacher of the gospel
Russian:
евангели́ст
(jevangelíst)
— preacher of the gospel
Russian:
евангели́стка
(jevangelístka)
— preacher of the gospel
Welsh:
efengylwr
— preacher of the gospel
Albanian:
ungjillor
— writer of a gospel
Arabic:
إِنْجِيلِيّ
(ʔinjīliyy)
— writer of a gospel
Arabic:
بَشِير
(bašīr)
— writer of a gospel
Bulgarian:
евангелист
(evangelist)
— writer of a gospel
Czech:
evangelista
— writer of a gospel
Danish:
evangelist
— writer of a gospel
Finnish:
evankelista
— writer of a gospel
French:
évangéliste
— writer of a gospel
German:
Evangelist
— writer of a gospel
Hungarian:
evangélista
— writer of a gospel
Icelandic:
guðspjallamaður
— writer of a gospel
Middle English:
gospellere
— writer of a gospel
Old English:
godspellere
— writer of a gospel
Polish:
ewangelista
— writer of a gospel
Russian:
евангели́ст
(jevangelíst)
— writer of a gospel
Russian:
евангели́стка
(jevangelístka)
— writer of a gospel
Sicilian:
evancelista
— writer of a gospel
Swedish:
evangelist
— writer of a gospel
Ottoman Turkish:
انجیلجی
(incilci)
— writer of a gospel
Welsh:
efengylwr
— writer of a gospel
Cherokee:
ᎠᎵᏥᏙᏂᏙᎯ
(alitsidonidohi)
— primitive Church: person who first brought the gospel to a city or region
Finnish:
evankelioija
— primitive Church: person who first brought the gospel to a city or region
Finnish:
kiihkoilija
— person marked by extreme enthusiasm
Finnish:
intoilija
— person marked by extreme enthusiasm
