/i van"jeuh list/ , n.
1. a Protestant minister or layperson who serves as an itinerant or special preacher, esp. a revivalist.
2. a preacher of the gospel.
3. ( cap. ) any of the writers (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) of the four Gospels.
4. (in the primitive church) a person who first brought the gospel to a city or region.
5. ( cap. ) Mormon Ch. a patriarch.
6. a person marked by evangelical enthusiasm for or support of any cause.
[ 1125-75; ME evangeliste evangelista euangelistés. See EVANGEL 1 , -IST ]