promoter

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

PROMO'TER, noun He or that which forwards, advances or promotes; an encourager; as a promoter of charity. 1. One that excites; as a promoter of sedition. 2. An informer; a make-bate.
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