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[syn: apologist, vindicator, justifier]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Vindicator \Vin"di*ca`tor\, n. [LL., an avenger.]
One who vindicates; one who justifies or maintains. --Locke.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
vindicator
n 1: a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or
institution; "an apologist for capital punishment" [syn:
apologist, vindicator, justifier]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
22 Moby Thesaurus words for "vindicator":
Nemesis, advocate, apologete, apologist, apologizer, avenger,
champion, defender, guard, justifier, paladin, pleader, proponent,
protector, revanchist, successful advocate, supporter, the Erinyes,
the Eumenides, the Furies, upholder, whitewasher