evangelist

defensor entusiasta, evangelista

Persona que apoya con fuerza una creencia o causa e intenta convencer a otros de que también la apoyen.

En inglés sencillo: Someone who strongly supports a belief or cause and tries to persuade others to support it too.

• He is an evangelist for cycling.
• The religious evangelist urged the crowd to embrace his faith.
• Her enthusiasm turned her into an evangelist for public libraries.

Cómo se usa: an evangelist for something (She became an evangelist for healthy eating.)

Sinónimos: advocate, champion, enthusiast

Expresiones frecuentes: evangelist for something, religious evangelist, enthusiastic evangelist

evangelista tecnológico

Persona contratada para convencer a otros de que utilicen una tecnología determinada.

En inglés sencillo: Someone employed to persuade people to use a particular technology.

• The company hired a technology evangelist.
• Their developer evangelist demonstrates the software at conferences.
• Two evangelists helped programmers learn about the new platform.

Sinónimos: technology advocate

Expresiones frecuentes: developer evangelist, technology evangelist, product evangelist

evangelizador

Persona que lleva por primera vez el mensaje cristiano a una localidad o región.

En inglés sencillo: Someone who first brings the Christian message to a particular town or region.

• He was the first evangelist to reach the island.
• The town honours the evangelist who brought Christianity there.
• Early evangelists carried the gospel into remote regions.

Cómo se usa: evangelist of a place (The monk is remembered as the evangelist of the region.)

Sinónimos: missionary

Expresiones frecuentes: early evangelist, first evangelist, evangelist of something

patriarca

Dirigente cristiano de alto rango que está al frente de una gran iglesia.

En inglés sencillo: A senior Christian leader who is the head of a major church.

• The old chronicle calls the church’s patriarch an evangelist.
• The evangelist held authority over the region’s bishops.
• Clergy gathered to hear the evangelist’s ruling.

Sinónimos: patriarch

Expresiones frecuentes: church evangelist, the evangelist, evangelist’s authority