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Expounder

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ex·pound  (k-spound)
v. ex·pound·ed, ex·pound·ing, ex·pounds
v.tr.
1. To give a detailed statement of; set forth: expounded the intricacies of the new tax law.
2. To explain in detail; elucidate: The speaker expounded the approach of positive thinking. See Synonyms at explain.
v.intr.
To make a detailed statement: The professor was expounding on a favorite topic.
[Middle English expounden, from Anglo-Norman espoundre, from Latin expnere : ex-, ex- + pnere, to place; see apo- in Indo-European roots.]
ex·pounder n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.expounder - a person who explains
expositor
intellectual, intellect - a person who uses the mind creatively


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Should not a magistrate be not merely the best administrator of the law, but the most crafty expounder of the chicanery of his profession, a steel probe to search hearts, a touchstone to try the gold which in each soul is mingled with more or less of alloy?
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
By ten o’clock the streets of the village were filled with busy faces; some talking of their private concerns, some listening to a popular expounder of political creeds; and others gaping in at the open stores, admiring the finery, or examining scythes, axes, and such other manufactures as attracted their curiosity or excited their admiration.
The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
Razumov refer mentally to the popular expounder of a feministic conception of social state), "as to him, for all his cunning he too shall speak out some day.
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