vindicator

American  

[vin-di-key-ter] / ˈvɪn dɪˌkeɪ tər /

noun

1. a person or thing that clears someone of blame, suspicion, doubt, or the like, or that proves someone right through evidence or argument.

   His vindicator, the historian in charge of Soviet military archives, carefully analyzed the files and declared him innocent of working as a double agent.

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Etymology

Origin of vindicator

First recorded in 1560–70; vindicat(e) ( def. ) + -or ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

In Ohio, the 150-year-old Youngstown Vindicator newspaper shut its doors, and the entire staff of the New Orleans Time-Picayune was laid off after the paper was purchased by The Advocate, another Louisiana newspaper.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2020

In Youngstown, Ohio, the Vindicator was slated to close until a recent deal was struck to keep it publishing as an edition of a nearby daily.

From Washington Times • Sep. 21, 2019

A paper like The Vindicator, a 150-year-old daily in Youngstown, Ohio, is less of an outlier.

From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2019

Last month, the Vindicator, the sole daily newspaper in Youngstown, Ohio, announced that it was closing after 150 years.

From The Guardian • Jul. 14, 2019

Even when my circumstances are dubious, and I cannot trace a gracious purpose, do I know that my Vindicator liveth, and that some day He will justify all the happenings of the troubled road?

From My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year by Jowett, John Henry

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