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McGovern, as the propounder of new ideas, has made himself the focus of discussion�disastrously for his presidential drive.

From Time Magazine Archive

Poet, psychologist, anarchist, teacher, novelist, propounder of extreme solutions to mundane problems, he could never see why conventional critics often dismissed him as a gadfly.

From Time Magazine Archive

In early times they must have enjoyed considerable dignity; Upali the barber was the first propounder of the law of the Buddhist church.

From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)

"Not a bit—not a bit," replied the propounder of the question—"better late than never."

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 by Various

The answer is satisfactory, in all senses, to the propounder of the question—indeed, a more satisfactory reply cannot be uttered.

From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various