Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who argues in support of something; an advocate.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Making proposals; proposing.
- noun One who makes a proposal, or lays down a proposition.
- noun In law, one who propounds a will for probate.
from 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 (Law) The propounder of a thing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
supports something; anadvocate
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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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.
Michael Zimmerman, Ph.D.: USA Today: Decrying Scientific Ignorance While Endorsing Creationism? Ph.D. Michael Zimmerman 2010
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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.
Michael Zimmerman, Ph.D.: USA Today: Decrying Scientific Ignorance While Endorsing Creationism? Ph.D. Michael Zimmerman 2010
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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.
Michael Zimmerman, Ph.D.: USA Today: Decrying Scientific Ignorance While Endorsing Creationism? Ph.D. Michael Zimmerman 2010
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Duncan Smith, a long-term proponent of the benefits of marriage to prevent social problems, pressed the case in February for promoting marriage to ward off family breakdown when he cited research indicating that as many as 90% of young people aspire to marry, but suggesting that some hold back for financial reasons.
Iain Duncan Smith thinktank laments Tory compromises over family policies 2011
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The measure's chief proponent is William Gates - not that Bill Gates, but the Microsoft founder's dad.
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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.
Michael Zimmerman, Ph.D.: USA Today: Decrying Scientific Ignorance While Endorsing Creationism? Ph.D. Michael Zimmerman 2010
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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.
Michael Zimmerman, Ph.D.: USA Today: Decrying Scientific Ignorance While Endorsing Creationism? Ph.D. Michael Zimmerman 2010
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State Sen. Eric Oemig (D-45), the main proponent for ending the exemption, was unavailable for a comment (he was at a mediation retreat according to his staff.) « Previous post
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It matters not whether the proponent is civil or sincere or rational.
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She became known as a proponent of the movement for a Yiddish theater of higher artistic quality than was common at the time.
Bertha Kalich. 2009
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