vindicator
noun
vin·di·ca·tor
ˈvin-di-ˌkā-tər 
plural vindicators
: a person or thing that vindicates something or someone
They saw George, who had served with distinction against France in the War of the Spanish Succession, as a British warrior king, the vindicator of European Protestantism, and thus the defender of the balance of power.—
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Brendan SimmsThey falsely have cast themselves as the defender of rights and vindicator of the vulnerable.—US Official News
US Official NewsJohn Quincy Adams expressed this view definitively when he remarked that the United States "goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own."—James P. Rubin
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“Vindicator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vindicator. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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