Apologist

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Apologist \A*pol"o*gist\, n. [Cf. F. apologiste.]
     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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  apologist
       n : a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or
           institution; "an apologist for capital punishment" [syn:
           {vindicator}, {justifier}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  68 Moby Thesaurus words for "apologist":
     Maecenas, Philadelphia lawyer, abettor, admirer, advocate,
     aficionado, angel, apologete, apologizer, arguer, argufier, backer,
     buff, casuist, champion, controversialist, debater, defender,
     dependence, disceptator, disputant, encourager, endorser, exponent,
     fan, favorer, friend at court, guard, guardhouse lawyer, justifier,
     logomacher, logomachist, lover, mainstay, maintainer, mooter,
     paladin, paranymph, partisan, patron, pilpulist, pleader, polemic,
     polemicist, polemist, promoter, proponent, protagonist, protector,
     reliance, second, seconder, sectary, sider, sponsor, stalwart,
     standby, successful advocate, support, supporter, sustainer,
     sympathizer, upholder, vindicator, votary, well-wisher,
     whitewasher, wrangler