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Webster 1913 Edition


Apologist

A-pol′o-gist

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
apologiste
.]
One who makes an apology; one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith, a cause, or an institution; especially, one who argues in defense of Christianity.

Webster 1828 Edition


Apologist

APOL'OGIST

,
Noun.
[See Apology.]
One who makes an apology; one who speaks or writes in defense of another.

Definition 2024


apologist

apologist

English

Noun

apologist (plural apologists)

  1. One who makes an apology.
  2. One who speaks or writes in defense of a faith, a cause, or an institution.

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  • apologist in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913