Proponent

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  • noun. One who argues in support of something; an advocate.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Making proposals; proposing.
  • noun. One who makes a proposal, or lays down a proposition.
  • noun. In law, one who propounds a will for probate.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Making proposals; proposing.
  • noun. One who makes a proposal, or lays down a proposition.
  • noun. The propounder of a thing.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. One who supports something; an advocate
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
  • Word Usage
    "Even intelligent design's main proponent, Michael Behe, was forced to testify under oath at the 2005 Dover "intelligent design" trial that its scientific underpinnings were nonexistent."