promulgator

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a person who publicly proclaims, publishes, or spreads a law, doctrine, or idea

   The pamphlet identified its anonymous author as the promulgator of the new doctrine.

From Late Latin promulgator ("proclaimer"), the agent noun of Latin promulgare ("to make publicly known, publish"). English preserves the sense of someone who formally announces or actively disseminates an idea or rule.

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