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–noun

1.	a Protestant minister or layperson who serves as an itinerant or special preacher, esp. a revivalist.

2.	a preacher of the gospel.

3.	(initial capital letter) any of the writers (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) of the four Gospels.

4.	(in the primitive church) a person who first brought the gospel to a city or region.

5.	(initial capital letter) Mormon Church. a patriarch.

6.	a person marked by evangelical enthusiasm for or support of any cause.

[Origin: 1125–75; ME evangeliste < L evangelista < Gk euangelists. See evangel¹, -ist

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n.

often Evangelist Any one of the authors of the four New Testament gospel books: Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John.
One who practices evangelism, especially a Protestant preacher or missionary.

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evangelist

c.1175, "Matthew, Mark, Luke or John," from L.L. evangelista, from Gk. evangelistes "preacher of the gospel," lit. "bringer of good news," from evangelizesthai "bring good news," from eu- "good" + angellein "announce," from angelos "messenger." In early Gk. Christian texts, the word was used of the four supposed authors of the narrative gospels. Meaning "itinerant preacher" was another early Church usage, revived in M.E. (1382). Evangelical as a school or branch of Protestantism is from 1747.

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evangelist
noun
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

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eˈvangelist [i-] noun

a person who preaches Christianity especially at large public meetings

Arabic:	مُبَشِّر إنْجيلي
Chinese (Simplified):	福音传教士
Chinese (Traditional):	福音傳教士
Czech:	misionář
Danish:	evangelist
Dutch:	evangelist
Estonian:	evangelist
Finnish:	evankelista
French:	évangéliste
German:	der Evangelist, der Wanderprediger
Greek:	ιεροκήρυκας
Hungarian:	evangelizátor
Icelandic:	vakningarpredikari
Indonesian:	penginjil
Italian:	evangelista

Japanese:	福音伝導者
Korean:	선교사
Latvian:	evaņģēlists
Lithuanian:	pamokslininkas
Norwegian:	vekkelsespredikant, emissær, evangelist
Polish:	kaznodzieja
Portuguese (Brazil):	evangelista
Portuguese (Portugal):	evangelista
Romanian:	evanghelist
Russian:	евангелист
Slovak:	misionár, evanjelista
Slovenian:	evangelist
Spanish:	evangelista
Swedish:	evangelist, predikant
Turkish:	İncil yayıcı, misyoner

See also: evangelical

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Evangelist

E*van"gel*ist\, n. [F. ['e]vang['e]liste, L. evangelista, fr. Gr. ?.] A bringer of the glad tidings of Church and his doctrines. Specially: (a) A missionary preacher sent forth to prepare the way for a resident pastor; an itinerant missionary preacher. (b) A writer of one of the four Gospels (With the definite article); as, the four evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. (c) A traveling preacher whose efforts are chiefly directed to arouse to immediate repentance.

The Apostles, so far as they evangelized, might claim the tittle though there were many evangelists who were not Apistles. --Plumptre.

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