Salvationist

[ sal-vey-shuh-nist ]

noun

1. a member of the Salvation Army.
2. (lowercase) a person who preaches salvation, deliverance from sin, etc., and the means of obtaining it; evangelist.

salvationist

/ sælˈveɪʃənɪst /

noun

1. a member of an evangelical sect emphasizing the doctrine of salvation
2. often capital a member of the Salvation Army

adjective

1. stressing the doctrine of salvation
2. often capital of or relating to the Salvation Army

Derived Forms

• salˈvationism, noun

Other Words From

• sal·vation·ism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Salvationist¹

First recorded in 1880–85; salvation + -ist

Example Sentences

This popular musical, inspired by a real-life Salvationist, captures the missionaries’ zealous dedication.

From Salon

Ian Buruma, of the New York Review of Books, long a left-wing salvationist magazine, in a recent interview in the Guardian, an English newspaper, noted that “we are living in the age of Trump, and that does give publications that believe in tolerance and democracy a responsibility. How you deal with it is, of course, a big question. Just ridiculing his vulgarity isn’t going to help anybody. But you do have to keep at it.”

From Wall Street Journal

His remarkable autobiography was the memoir not of a salvationist minority leader but of a youth from a white family searching for the roots of his blackness.

From The Guardian

“Nay, we parted after Maiden Castle. I rode all airts until I found a hermitage, with its releegious man. Ye ken the sort, e wheen Salvationist. The first demand he made was: ‘I would wit how it standeth betwixt your God and you?’

From Literature

Church members also bought photos, although some followers were skeptical that they would prove valuable in the future, according to Mr. Yi, the Salvationist who is a spokesman for the group.

From New York Times