English Dictionary

apostle

/əˈpɑsl̩/

noun

A missionary, or leader of a religious mission, especially one in the early Christian Church (but see Apostle). / A pioneer or early advocate of a particular cause, prophet of a belief.

The apostle traveled to distant lands to spread the teachings of his faith.

意味（1）

A missionary, or leader of a religious mission, especially one in the early Christian Church (but see Apostle).

意味（2）

A pioneer or early advocate of a particular cause, prophet of a belief.

[W]e must remember what ruthless and utter destruction our own species has wrought, not only upon animals, such as the vanished bison and the dodo, but upon its own inferior races. The Tasmanians, in spite of their human likeness, were entirely swept out of existence in a war of extermination waged by European immigrants, in the space of fifty years. Are we such apostles of mercy as to complain if the Martians warred in the same spirit?

意味（3）

A top-ranking ecclesiastical official in the twelve seat administrative council of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

意味（4）

(obsolete, Cambridge slang) A person who is plucked, that is, refused an academic degree.