EVANGELIST

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A preacher of the Christian gospel

Synonyms:

evangelist; gospeler; gospeller; revivalist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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)