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popularizer

American  
[pahp-yuh-ler-ahyz-er] / ˈpɑp jə lərˌaɪz ər /

noun

  1. a person or organization that presents or promotes something in a way intended to make it popular popular.


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Arnaz gained celebrity as the American popularizer of the conga, an Afro Cuban line dance that his father had once tried to ban.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2025

This “ic”-y history begins in 1946, when its key popularizer, the improbably named Brazilla Carroll Reece, a veteran Tennessee congressman, was selected as chair of the Republican National Committee.

From Slate ● Jan. 21, 2023

By the 1980s, the hottest hair style among young African Americans was the Jheri curl, named for its popularizer if not its inventor.

From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2022

In February, Schultz spoke on a podcast with Tracy "Beanz" Diaz, a leading popularizer of QAnon.

From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2021

His forte was that of a brilliant writer and most industrious compiler, a popularizer of science.

From Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution His Life and Work by A. S. (Alpheus Spring) Packard

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