proclaimer

English

Etymology

proclaim +‎ -er

Noun

proclaimer (plural proclaimers)

  1. One who proclaims.
    • 1858, John Cumming, Thy Word is Truth: an apology for Christianity (page 112)
      You have in the merchant the shrewd calculator of probable contingencies; we shall see that we have in the prophet the absolute proclaimer of necessary and inevitable facts.
    • 1910, Helen Keller, The Song of the Stone Wall‎:
      Though a herald and proclaimer of peace, he could fight stubbornly and passionately on the side of justice.
  2. A public avowal of independent opinion. Used instead of disclaimer.
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