propound
verb (used with object)
to put forward or offer for consideration, acceptance, or adoption; set forth; propose.
propounder
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a word derived from
propound.
Example Sentences
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Though no great hand at economic analysis, Smith was a propounder of economic doctrine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
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
The scheme, notwithstanding, does credit to the ingenuity of its propounder, who thereby proves himself the right sort of man for the country he has chosen to call his own.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 454 Volume 18, New Series, September 11, 1852 by William Chambers
Flora and Esther and Maggie sat looking at Mr. Murray, as at the propounder of a riddle.
From Pine Needles by Susan Warner
"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
