All 3 Uses of
evangelist
in
Atlas Shrugged
- He looked like the hulk of an evangelist or a professor of esthetics who had spent years in contemplation in obscure museums.†
Chpt 1.7 *
- People with pleading eyes and desperate faces crowded into tents where evangelists cried in triumphant gloating that man was unable to cope with nature, that his science was a fraud, that his mind was a failure, that he was reaping punishment for the sin of pride, for his confidence in his own intellect-and that only faith in the power of mystic secrets could protect him from the fissure of a rail or from the blowout of the last tire on his last truck.†
Chpt 2.5
- Yes, you goddamn evangelist!†
Chpt 3.4
Definition:
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(evangelist) a Christian who tries to convince others to become Christian -- especially on television, radio, or in large gatherings
or when qualified (such as "an ecosystem evangelist"): anyone who tires to convince others of somethingeditor's notes: As a proper noun (capitalized), "Evangelist" may reference any of the spiritual leaders who are assumed to be authors of the Gospels in the New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.