Evangelist

Noun

 * 1)  An itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist.
 * 2) A preacher of the gospel.
 * 3) A writer of a gospel, especially the four New Testament Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), usually Evangelist.
 * 4) (primitive Church) A person who first brought the gospel to a city or region.
 * 5) (Mormon Church) A patriarch
 * 6) A person marked by extreme enthusiasm for or support of any cause, particularly with regard to religion.

Related terms

 * angel
 * angelic
 * evangelize
 * televangelist

Thesaurus
Ambrose of Milan, Athanasius, Barnabas, Basil, Clement of Alexandria, Clement of Rome, Cyprian of Carthage, Cyril of Jerusalem, Gabriel, Gregory of Nyssa, Hermas, Ignatius, Irenaeus, Jerome, John, John Chrysostom, Justin Martyr, Lactantius Firmianus, Luke, Mark, Origen, Papias, Paul, Peter, Polycarp, Tertullian, adorer, ante-Nicene Fathers, apostle, beadsman, celebrant, chapelgoer, churchgoer, colporteur, communicant, congregation, converter, daily communicant, disciple, evangel, forerunner, harbinger, herald, herald angel, idolater, missionary, missionary apostolic, missionary rector, missioner, petitioner, prayer, propagandist, proselyter, proselytizer, revivalist, saint, suppliant, supplicant, supplicator, venerator, votary, worshiper