"postulator" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-postulator.wav [US] Forms: postulators [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} postulator (plural postulators)
  1. A person who postulates something as the basis of an argument.
    Sense id: en-postulator-en-noun-l-P-bhyg
  2. A Roman Catholic official who makes the case for the beatification or canonization of a proposed saint. Categories (topical): People Translations (Roman Catholic official): posztulátor (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-postulator-en-noun-3zz2ZZf1 Disambiguation of People: 9 91 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 89 Disambiguation of 'Roman Catholic official': 4 96

Inflected forms

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