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English
Etymology
From Latin prōpugnātor.
Noun
propugnator (plural propugnators)
- (formal) A champion or defender.
Latin
Etymology
From prōpugnō (“fight or contend for”) + -tor.
Pronunciation
Noun
prōpugnātor m (genitive prōpugnātōris); third declension
- A champion or defender (male).
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “propugnator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “propugnator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- propugnator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.