- Apostle
any one of the twelve men that Christ chose to tell people about him and his teachings 宗徒,使徒(耶稣十二门徒之一) - apostle (of something) (formal)
a person who strongly believes in a policy or an idea and tries to make other people believe in it (政策或思想的)倡导者,鼓吹者 an apostle of free enterprise 自由企业的鼓吹者
Word OriginOld English apostol, via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek apostolos ‘messenger’, from apostellein ‘send forth’.