"upstander" meaning in English

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          "text": "Professor Reeves has been a full-time upstander on Sudan since 1999, back when the people being slaughtered there were Christians in the south of the country.",
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        "A person who stands up for something, as contrasted to a bystander who remains inactive."
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          "ref": "1913, T. Everett Harré, The Eternal Maiden, J. J. Little & Ives Company, pages 216–217:",
          "text": "With quick presence of mind, Ootah grasped the rear upstander of the sled, which had begun to slide to and fro, and planted his harpoon in the ice.",
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        "One of the upright handlebars on a traditional Inuit sled."
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          "sled",
          "sled"
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        "(archaic) One of the upright handlebars on a traditional Inuit sled."
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  "word": "upstander"
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