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apologete

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a⋅pol⋅o⋅gist

[uh-pol-uh-jist]
–noun
1. a person who makes a defense in speech or writing of a belief, idea, etc.
2. Ecclesiastical.
a. Also, a⋅pol⋅o⋅gete [uh-pol-uh-jeet] . a person skilled in apologetics.
b. one of the authors of the early Christian apologies in defense of the faith.

Origin:
1630–40; apolog(y) + -ist or < F apologiste
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