POSTULATOR

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Someone who assumes or takes something for granted as the basis of an argument

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("postulator" is a kind of...):

affirmer; asserter; asseverator; avower; declarer (someone who claims to speak the truth)

Derivation:

postulate (take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom)

Meaning:

(Roman Catholic Church) someone who proposes or pleads for a candidate for beatification or canonization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("postulator" is a kind of...):

clergyman; man of the cloth; reverend (a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church)

Domain category:

Church of Rome; Roman Catholic; Roman Catholic Church; Roman Church; Western Church (the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy)