proponent

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   One who supports something; an advocate.

   Proponents of the race — notably Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Mary Wittenberg, director of the marathon — said the event would provide a needed morale boost, as well as an economic one.

2. 2
   noun

   a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea

3. 3
   noun

   One who makes a proposal or proposition.

4. 4
   noun

   One who propounds a will for probate.

5. 5
   adj

   Making proposals; proposing.

Etymology

From Latin prōpōnēns, present participle of prōpōnō (“to put forward; propose”).