Vindicator

noun

noun ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who vindicates.

    "Little thought the good-natured vindicator of Lady Anne's offspring (to all of whom he was sincerely attached) that he had drawn upon one that which she held to be the great misfortune of her life a short time afterwards."

  2. 2
    a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution wordnet

Example

More examples

"Little thought the good-natured vindicator of Lady Anne's offspring (to all of whom he was sincerely attached) that he had drawn upon one that which she held to be the great misfortune of her life a short time afterwards."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vindicātor, equivalent to vindicate + -or.

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