apologist

There was nothing to be gained as either a propagandist or an apologist.

More visible dangers arise for the apologist in the region of science, historical or physical.

I suppose that no man can write of himself without becoming more or less his own apologist.

I know nothing of her history, save what all others know; I am neither defender nor apologist—too humble and too weak for either.

Before proceeding further, we may point out the straits to which an apologist is reduced who starts with a foregone conclusion.

Her first apologist, Queen Elizabeth, adopted the line of argument which her defenders have ever since pursued.