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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Proponent \Pro*po"nent\, a. [L. proponens, p. pr.]
Making proposals; proposing.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Proponent \Pro*po"nent\, n.
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1. One who makes a proposal, or lays down a proposition.
--Dryden.
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2. (Law) The propounder of a thing.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
proponent
n 1: a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea [syn:
advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "proponent":
adherent, advocate, apologete, apologist, apologizer, backer,
champion, defender, enthusiast, exponent, expounder, friend,
justifier, partisan, patron, pleader, promoter, proposer,
spokesman, spokesperson, spokeswoman, subscriber,
successful advocate, supporter, upholder, vindicator,
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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :
PROPONENT, eccl. law. One who propounds a telling as "the party proponent
doth allege and propound." 6 Eng. Ecclesiastical R. 356, n.
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