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    Proponent \Pro*po"nent\, a. [L. proponens, p. pr.]
    Making proposals; proposing.
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    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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    proponent
    n : a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea [syn: advocate,
    advocator, exponent]

    WordNet (r) 2.0


    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,
    whitewasher

    Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0


    PROPONENT, eccl. law. One who propounds a telling as "the party proponent
    doth allege and propound." 6 Eng. Ecclesiastical R. 356, n.

    Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)


advocate, advocator, exponent


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