English noun: postulator | |||
| 1. | postulator (person) (Roman Catholic Church) someone who proposes or pleads for a candidate for beatification or canonization | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | clergyman, man of the cloth, reverend | ||
| Domain category | Church of Rome, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church | ||
| 2. | postulator (person) someone who assumes or takes something for granted as the basis of an argument | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | affirmer, asserter, asseverator, avower, declarer | ||