apostle
noun/əˈpɒsl/
/əˈpɑːsl/
- Apostleany one of the twelve men that Christ chose to tell people about him and his teachings
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- apostle (of something) (formal) a person who strongly believes in a policy or an idea and tries to make other people believe in it
- an apostle of free enterprise
Word OriginOld English apostol, via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek apostolos ‘messenger’, from apostellein ‘send forth’.
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