Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A defender; one who contends for or advocates.
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Examples
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German chronicle which reads: "Merito a nobis nostrisque posteris pater patriae appelatur quia erat egregius defensor et fortissimus propugnator nihili pendens vitam suam contra omnia adversa propter justitiam opponere."
Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View Price Collier 1886
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His armis instructus in aciem prodiit, ecclesiae et monarchiae acerrimus propugnator; haec tela in homines nefarios utrisque perniciem molientes strenuus contorsit, neque signa prius deseruit, quam graves illas tempestates restituto rege sedatas, et restinctos malevolorum impetus videret.
Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. I. 1634-1716 1823
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-- each emperor at this period found himself under the necessity of standing in the attitude of a champion or propugnator on the frontier line of his territory -- ready for all comers -- and with a pretty certain prospect of having one pitched battle at the least to fight in every successive summer.
The Caesars Thomas De Quincey 1822
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Quin et _fusos_ eos esse perhibuerunt plurimi, et in his Koningius, magno quamvis studio negaverat typorum ligneorum mobilium acerrimus propugnator Meermannus. "
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