单词 | promulgator |
释义 | promulgatorn. A person who promulgates or makes a public proclamation of something. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > [noun] > person who publisherc1453 bruiter1535 dissipater1537 spreader1542 utterer1549 setter-outc1553 disperser1580 seed carrier1602 divulger1606 propagator1610 promulgera1635 dispreader1636 divulgater1637 promulgater1637 diffuser1645 promulgator1648 disseminator1667 circulator1792 vulgarizer1899 forthteller1920 vulgarisateur1933 1648 S. H. Knaves & Fooles in Folio 12 Thou unjust one, who denies him this liberty?—yet wilt licentiate, &c. Promulgators against fundamentals, I am against. a1665 J. Goodwin Πλήρωμα τὸ Πνευματικόv (1670) xvi. 460 Christ..is the Dispenser, or Promulgator, or Minister of God unto the World of a new spiritual Oeconomy. 1710 J. Pike Treat. Baptism & Supper iv. 187 Their [sc. the Disciples'] extraordinary Apostolick Service, whereby they were to Propagate, and to be the Promulgators of the Christian Faith to the World. 1767 W. Warburton Serm. & Disc. III. iii. 85 An odd Legacy to the promulgators of the Law of Liberty! 1802 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 8 146 Dr. Jenner's claim of being the promulgator or inventor of vaccine inoculation. 1819 T. Hope Anastasius (1820) III. 129 He considered even Mohammed its first promulgator as only an ordinary man. 1885 Manch. Examiner 11 Feb. 5/2 Mr. C...has instructed his solicitor to deal with the promulgator of the slander. 1930 M. Anesaki Hist. Japanese Relig. i. 46 The mountaineer priests..became promulgators of the various forms of popular Shinto in which reverence towards invisible spirits and devils played a large part. 1955 Times 29 Sept. 11/4 A promulgator of home-made philosophies and eccentric private religions. 2003 R. C. Solomon Living with Nietzsche i. 27 An ad hominem argument..reduces a (possibly good) thesis or argument to the faults and foibles of its promulgator. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1648 |
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