the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. One who promulgates or publishes.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. One who promulgates or publishes; one who makes known or teaches publicly.
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n. (law) one who promulgates laws (announces a law as a way of putting it into execution)
Word Usage
"If it is not opposed to the principles in question, it must be further examined with a view to determining whether the promulgator is a genuine messenger of God or not."