Salvationist

[ sal-vey-shuh-nist ]

/ sælˈveɪ ʃə nɪst /

a member of the Salvation Army.

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

Origin of Salvationist

First recorded in 1880–85; salvation + -ist

sal·va·tion·ism, noun

An old soldier came down from the front and a Salvationist asked him if he knew the Little Major.

The War Romance of the Salvation Army |Evangeline Booth and Grace Livingston Hill
At this moment, a Salvationist prophet named John is stirring the people very strongly.

Preface to Androcles and the Lion |George Bernard Shaw
The only sort of officer he ought to carry is a Salvationist!'

The Talking Horse |F. Anstey
Sometimes they try to get me to smoke or go and have a glass of beer with them, but I tell them that I am a Salvationist.

The War Romance of the Salvation Army |Evangeline Booth and Grace Livingston Hill

But even that one can grin and bear when one remembers that the Salvationist bandsmen are but a sort of melancholy herald angels.

The Book of This and That |Robert Lynd

salvationist

/ (sælˈveɪʃənɪst) /

a member of an evangelical sect emphasizing the doctrine of salvation

(often capital) a member of the Salvation Army

stressing the doctrine of salvation

(often capital) of or relating to the Salvation Army

salvationism, noun