proliferatorn.
/prəˈlɪfəreɪtə/, U.S. /prəˈlɪfəˌreɪdər/, /proʊˈlɪfəˌreɪdər/ A person who or state which causes something (esp. nuclear weapons) to proliferate; (also) an advocate of proliferation.
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Strangelove1968
1968 Times 29 Aug. 7/6 Further proliferation is quite likely unless possible proliferators can have some confidence that they are not to be subjected to nuclear threats of any kind from the nuclear powers.
1997 J. A. Stern Plight of Feeling 283 It is as a printer, a proliferator of writing, that Franklin also haunts Ormond in decidedly ominous ways.
2003 Economist 18 Jan. 12/1 So countries like Brazil..having watched the proliferators get away with it, now wonder if going nuclear earns respect.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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