evangelist
/ɪˈvændʒəlɪst/noun
1
- a person who seeks to convert others to the Christian faith, especially by public preaching福音传道者。
1.1
- a layperson engaged in Christian missionary work从事基督教传教工作的非神职人员。
1.2
- a zealous advocate of something（某事物的）狂热鼓吹者：
he is an evangelist of junk bonds.
他是低档垃圾债券的狂热鼓吹者。
2
- the writer of one of the four Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John)《福音书》的四位作者（马太、马可、路加、约翰）之一：
St John the Evangelist.
《福音书》作者之一圣约翰。
派生词
evangelistic
adjective词源
Middle English (in sense 2)： from Old French évangéliste， via ecclesiastical Latin from ecclesiastical Greek euangelistēs, from euangelizesthai 'evangelize'.