postulator
/ˈpɑstʃəˌleɪtər/
noun
- A person who formally proposes or advocates for something, especially in a legal or religious context.
- As the postulator of the new policy, she argued for its adoption at the meeting.
- The postulator gathered evidence and testimonies to support the cause.
- The postulator presented the case for the saint's canonization to the church officials.
- A person who assumes or asserts something as a basis for argument.
- The philosopher was a postulator of the idea that reality is fundamentally mental.
- The postulator claimed that the data supported his hypothesis, but others disagreed.
- Every postulator of a new theory must be prepared to defend its assumptions.