apologist, vindicator, justifier
(noun) a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution; “an apologist for capital punishment”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
apologist (plural apologists)
One who makes an apology.
One who speaks or writes in defense of a faith, a cause, or an institution.
• Aleksandar Hemon, New York Times, 15 October 2019
• (one who makes an apology): apologizer, apologiser
Source: Wiktionary
A*pol"o*gist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. apologiste.]
Definition: One who makes an apology; one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith, a cause, or an institution; especially, one who argues in defense of Christianity.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 May 2025
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
