Salvationist

American  

[sal-vey-shuh-nist] / sælˈveɪ ʃə nɪst /

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.

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salvationist British  

/ sælˈveɪʃənɪst /

noun

1. a member of an evangelical sect emphasizing the doctrine of salvation

2. (often capital) a member of the Salvation Army

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adjective

1. stressing the doctrine of salvation

2. (often capital) of or relating to the Salvation Army

Other Word Forms

• salvationism noun

Etymology

Origin of Salvationist

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 The 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

Once, when his company tried to board more than twice one vessel’s maximum limit of 200 passengers during a busy holiday season, irate passengers almost rioted, said Lee Cheong, a former Salvationist who worked as a crewman on the boat.

From New York Times

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