defensor
advocate ; defendant ; proponent ; respondent ; champion ; defender ; supporter ; apologist ; backer ; crusader ; freedom fighter ; torchbearer [torch bearer] ; campaigner ; standard-bearer.
Sanford Berman has been an early, continuing, and outspoken advocate of user-oriented cataloging service.
A respondent is a candidate for a degree who, in an academic disputation, defends or opposes a thesis proposed by the praeses (q.v.); also called the defendant.
The proponents do provide for an author added entry to show what the library has by an author.
A respondent is a candidate for a degree who, in an academic disputation, defends or opposes a thesis proposed by the praeses (q.v.); also called the defendant.
NACs see their role as champions of the inarticulate by either taking up their case or providing groups with the information weaponry to campaign for their rights.
It is very difficult to think of discreditable activities associated with books apart from the writing and selling of pornography and even that has its defenders.
Then, a series of unfortunate circumstances (the outbreak of the war, family problems) deprived the project of its promoter and most passionate supporter.
At the present time the misunderstandings that still persist, even among those who should know better, oblige any apologist of reference work to go out of his way to make clear what reference work is not.
The author urges librarians and library backers to be more assertive in their requests for funding.
This article reviews the work of Professor Kaula, the staunch crusader of librarianship in India.
As a freedom fighter at the end of World War 2 he resisted Dutch efforts to regain control of their former colony.
The mission of college libraries in India is to shoulder the responsibilities of a torch bearer.
He was a tireless campaigner for high professional standards.
He was a rebel and an anti-establishment standard-bearer of intellectualism and internationalism.
abogado defensor
defence attorney [defense attorney, -USA]
defence counsel
Harris' defence attorney attempted to portray her as an upstanding, well-bred member of the community, and as a powerless, unwilling part of a love triangle.
The prosecutor and the defense counsel shall be permitted to submit proposed questions to the court prior to the session in chambers.
defensor de la ecología
eco-warrior
Now, sheep are being enlisted as eco-warriors in the battle against invasive plant species.
defensor de la fe
defender of faith
One controversy surrounding the Prince's future accesion to the throne is his decision to be known as the 'Defender of Faith', as opposed to the traditional 'Defender of the Faith'.
defensor de la paz
peace activist
An example of 'weasel word' usage might be the description of a bombing campaign - a peace activist might describe it as 'genocide' whereas a military spokesperson might use the term 'collateral damage'.
defensor de la prohibición del aborto
pro-lifer
It is loathsome and grotesquely hypocritical that pro-lifers oppose abortion, but are unconcerned about the mistreatment of animals used in the food industry.
defensor de la vida humana
pro-lifer
It is loathsome and grotesquely hypocritical that pro-lifers oppose abortion, but are unconcerned about the mistreatment of animals used in the food industry.
defensor de los animales
animal activist
Animal activists believe that banning cock-fighting will do little to control it.
defensor de los derechos civiles
civil society activist
Many civil society activists are becoming increasingly disenchanted with UN summits.
defensor de los derechos de los animales
animal rights activist
animal rights campaigner
The ease with which the home addresses of company directors may be obtained from databases has been highlighted by the dangers faced by directors of biotechnology companies by animal rights activists.
Animal rights campaigners object strongly to bullfighting because they think that the killing of an animal should not be abused for entertainment.
defensor de los derechos de los ciudadanos
citizen activist
Cutbacks will have the most severe impact on citizen activists who rely heavily on accessible data and least impact on the lobbyists who are least dependent on government data.
defensor de los derechos humanos
human rights activist
human rights campaigner
With deep concern we have witnessed the attempts by Tunisian authorities to silence journalists and human rights activists in the run-up and during the summit.
Human rights campaigners have welcomed an announcement by Iran that appears to end the execution of juvenile offenders.
defensor de los intereses del ciudadano
watchdog
It has earned a reputation as a watchdog and consumers union in the medical equipment industry with its international problem reporting network, published in HEALTH DEVICES ALERTS (HDA) on DIALOG.
defensor del pueblo [Persona nombrada por un colectivo para defender los intereses del mismo]
ombudsman [ombudsmen, -pl.]
A consumer ombudsman's department looks after consumer complaints and, in addition, many municipalities now have a consumer guidance office.
defensor ecológico
eco-warrior
Now, sheep are being enlisted as eco-warriors in the battle against invasive plant species.
defensor e impulsor
booster
The main library may the be flagship of the system, and its large collection and monumental architecture the pride and joy of the community boosters, but it is the branch library where people come to get their reading material.
defensor incodicional
stalwart
They both were stalwarts of their generational struggle to emancipate humanity from oppression and class prejudice.
grupo defensor
interest group
The meeting agreed that the new organisation was needed to act as an interest group for the library, information science and documentation profession in the European Community.
