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evangelist.

An itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist, who conducts services in different cities or locations, now often televised.

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noun/ɪˈvænd͡ʒəlɪst/
  1. An itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist, who conducts services in different cities or locations, now often televised.

  2. A writer of a gospel, especially the four New Testament Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), usually capitalized (Evangelist).

  3. A person who first brought the gospel to a city or region.

  4. A patriarch.

  5. A person marked by extreme enthusiasm for or support of any cause, particularly with regard to religion.

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  6. A person hired to promote a particular technology.

    developer evangelist
Where this word comes from

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”).

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