espouser

"Plato was a great espouser of homoerotic love," Mr. Henderson said.

His successor, John McDonnell described him as a 'stain', a 'malignant creature' and an espouser of racism, in his maiden speech.

An espouser of Marxist-Leninist politics, she is a former leader of the now-defunct New Alliance Party, and an antagonist of the Democratic Party.

As a ragtime pianist and espouser of American popular song who writes operas and symphonies, Mr. Bolcom works hard to erase the lines between the elite and the vulgar, the intellectual and the visceral, the select and the popular.

Ms. Fulani, long known as a far-left espouser of Marxist-Leninist politics, has promised to help Patrick J. Buchanan, a Reaganite and cold warrior known for his far-right politics, in his quest for the Reform Party nomination for president.

A bigoted zealot, a baby-killer, a true despot, Thaddeus is the emblem in the play of the lure of vengeance, an absolutely deserving target of retribution who, seen outside the historical context of the play, might easily be represented by a powerful espouser of any fanatical perspective.