Proponent

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

  Proponent \Pro*po"nent\, a. [L. proponens, p. pr.]
     Making proposals; proposing.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  proponent
       n : a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea [syn: {advocate},
            {advocator}, {exponent}]

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

  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
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

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