Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A person who argues in defense or justification of something, such as a doctrine, policy, or institution.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who speaks or writes in defense of anything; one who champions a person or a cause, whether in public address or by literary means; one who makes an apology or defense.
  • noun Specifically Eccles., a defender of Christianity; in particular, one of the authors of the early Christian apologies.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who makes an apology; one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith, a cause, or an institution; especially, one who argues in defense of Christianity.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun One who makes an apology.
  • noun One who speaks or writes in defense of a faith, a cause, or an institution.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution

Etymologies

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apology +‎ -ist. From French apologiste.

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  • Not someone who studies apes. Bad brain, go to your basket. It took me several seconds to work out where apes might come into what I was just reading.

    May 29, 2009