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Noun: postulator  'pós-chu,ley-tu(r)
  1. (Roman Catholic Church) someone who proposes or pleads for a candidate for beatification or canonization
    "The postulator presented evidence of the candidate's miracles to support their case for sainthood"
     
  2. Someone who assumes or takes something for granted as the basis of an argument
    "The postulator began his debate by asserting that climate change is real"

Derived forms: postulators

Type of: affirmer, asserter, asseverator, avower, declarer, reverend

Encyclopedia: Postulator