evangelist

fervente sostenitore, evangelista

Persona che sostiene con forza un’idea o una causa e cerca di convincere altri a sostenerla.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: an evangelist for something (She became an evangelist for healthy eating.)

Sinonimi: advocate, champion, enthusiast

Espressioni comuni: evangelist for something, religious evangelist, enthusiastic evangelist

evangelista tecnologico

Persona assunta per convincere gli altri a usare una determinata tecnologia.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: technology advocate

Espressioni comuni: developer evangelist, technology evangelist, product evangelist

evangelizzatore

Persona che porta per prima il messaggio cristiano in una città o regione.

In inglese semplice: 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.

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

Sinonimi: missionary

Espressioni comuni: early evangelist, first evangelist, evangelist of something

patriarca

Alto esponente cristiano a capo di una grande Chiesa.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: patriarch

Espressioni comuni: church evangelist, the evangelist, evangelist’s authority