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Proponent

//pɹəˈpəʊnənt// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Making proposals; proposing. not-comparable
Noun
  1. 1
    One who supports something; an advocate.

    "Proponents of the race — notably Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Mary Wittenberg, director of the marathon — said the event would provide a needed morale boost, as well as an economic one."

  2. 2
    a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea wordnet
  3. 3
    One who makes a proposal or proposition.
  4. 4
    One who propounds a will for probate.

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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