Brewer's: Exponent

One who explains or sets forth the views of another. Thus, a clergyman should be the exponent of the Bible and Thirty-nine Articles. (Latin, ex pono, to expose or set forth.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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