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proponent

pro·po·nent

UK/pɹəˈpəʊnənt/ US/pɹəˈpoʊnənt/ uncommon

noun

1.

a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea

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From Latin prōpōnēns, present participle of prōpōnō (“to put forward; propose”).

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