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propugnator

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prō-pugnātor (noun M) : propugno
* One who fights in defence of a place, a defender, soldier (class.).
* Lit.: classis inops propter dimissionem propugnatorum,of the marines,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 86: a propugnatoribus relictus locus,Caes. B. G. 7, 25: nudati propugnatoribus muri,Tac. A. 13, 39; Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 22; Nep. Eum. 3, 3; Amm. 20, 6, 1.
* Trop., a defender, maintainer, champion: paterni juris defensor, et quasi patrimonii propugnator sui,Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 244: senatūs,id. Mil. 7, 16: fortunarum mearum,id. Red. in Sen. 15, 37: sceleris,Just. 8, 2, 10: tribuno plebis auctorem se propugnatoremque praestitit,Suet. Caes. 16.—An epithet of Jupiter, Inscr. Grut. 300, 2.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary

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