apologist

[ uh-pol-uh-jist ]
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noun
  1. a person who makes a defense in speech or writing of a belief, idea, etc.

  2. Ecclesiastical.

    • Also a·pol·o·gete [uh-pol-uh-jeet]. /əˈpɒl əˌdʒit/. a person skilled in apologetics.

    • one of the authors of the early Christian apologies in defense of the faith.

Origin of apologist

1
First recorded in 1630–40; either from apolog(y) + -ist or from French apologiste

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apologist

/ (əˈpɒlədʒɪst) /


noun
  1. a person who offers a defence by argument

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