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noun
A person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea.
synonyms: advocate, exponent, proponent.
is a specific kind of: individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul.
is a broader term that covers: apologist, justifier, vindicator | constitutionalist | Darwinian | democrat | populist | federalist | Gnostic | humanist, humanitarian | ideologist, ideologue | internationalist | irredentist, irridentist | isolationist | Jansenist | libertarian | Maoist | Marxist | nationalist | neoclassicist | neutralist | nullifier | drumbeater, partisan, zealot | partitionist | Platonist | pro-lifer | presenter, sponsor | protectionist | republican | ritualist | ruralist | secessionist | secularist | separationist, separatist | interpreter, representative, spokesperson, voice | suffragist | admirer, booster, champion, friend, protagonist, supporter | supremacist | teleologist | Thatcherite | unilateralist ... show more.
derivation: advocate, preach | propound.
Dutch: voorstander, protagonist, voorvechter
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