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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Apologist

/əp-äl'-əj-əst/ · A·pol·o·gist · IPA /əˈpɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/
01 n. 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…
  1. 1.
    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.