proponent

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Amy Hoy is a big proponent of bootstrapping.

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a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea

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noun

a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea

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Core meanings and parts of speech for proponent.

noun

a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea

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Amy Hoy is a big proponent of bootstrapping.

For quite some time, Buffet has been a strong proponent of index investing.

Done by someone who is a proponent of free software but also knowledgable about the law.

" ... I'm a proponent of the principle of charity, but I don't know how to read that as anything other than an ultimatum.

I'm a cautiously strong proponent, and find it absolutely fascinating to watch.

A proponent of affirmative action would argue that we need more social college programs that help and encourage black students in ways that lead to better graduation rates.

We can't be the worlds technology leader and keep re-electing the biggest proponent of using that technology for government surveillance.

If he truly thought the deal sucked, there are a lot of politically correct ways to feign corporate enthusiasm without saying "I was a strong proponent at the board level for the deal being done.

John Gruber, who is arguably the most famous Apple blogger of all, has always been a proponent of the Metro look, as well as an opponent of the kitschy skeuomorphic elements in iOS. I mean, he's been anticipating the "flattening" of iOS7 ever since Forestall went out the door!And personally, I love the way iOS7 looks and feels from the videos, way more than my current iOS6.