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

While it was still in business, the Vindicator was relatively lucky because it was owned by a local family for 132 years.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 3, 2021

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

I had been working at The Vindicator for three years.

From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2019

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

Remarks upon a Pamphlet entitled Observations upon the State of the Nation 1712-13, third Edition; to which is added a Postscript to the Vindicator of the Earl of Nottingham, 8vo.

From The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume IV by Cibber, Theophilus

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