# evangelist

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɪˈvænd͡ʒəlɪst/ · frequency rank #25,378

## Definitions
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.
6. A person hired to promote a particular technology.

## 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”).

## Easily confused with
- **evangelism** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/evangelism-vs-evangelist)
- **Evangeline** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/evangeline-vs-evangelist)
- **Evangelion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/evangelion-vs-evangelist)

## Common misspellings (15)
`eavngelist`, `evagnelist`, `evaneglist`, `evangeilst`, `evangelisst`, `evangelistt`, `evangelits`, `evangellist`, `evangelsit`, `evanggelist`, `evangleist`, `evanngelist`, `evnagelist`, `evvangelist`, `veangelist`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/evangelist