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Webster 1913 Edition

Proponent

Pro-po′nent

,

Adj.

[L.

proponens

, p. pr.]

Making proposals; proposing.

Pro-po′nent

,

Noun.

1.

One who makes a proposal, or lays down a proposition.

Dryden.

2.

(Law)

The propounder of a thing.

Webster 1828 Edition

Proponent

PROPO'NENT

,

Noun.

[L. proponens; pro and pono, to place.]

One that makes a proposal, or lays down a proposition.