D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

evangelist

/(ē̇*văn"jĕl*ĭst)/ · e·van·gel·ist · IPA /ɪˈvænd͡ʒəlɪst/
01 n. A bringer of the glad tidings of Church and his doctrines.
  1. 1.
    A bringer of the glad tidings of Church and his doctrines.
    “The Apostles, so far as they evangelized, might claim the title though there were many evangelists who were not Apostles.” — Plumptre.