vindicator
弁護者・擁護者
解説 Definition
誰かの名誉を回復させる、または不当な非難から擁護する人。名誉を守る者を指す。
A vindicator is a person who defends someone or something and helps prove that they were right or justified. The word is often used in serious contexts such as law, politics, morality, or public debate. It suggests active support against criticism or doubt.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
まず vindicate をセットで覚えると定着しやすい。vindicate は「正しいと証明する・名誉を回復する」で、そこに「人」を表す -or / -ator が付いて vindicator、「その役目をする人」。単なる supporter より、不当な非難をはね返して reputation や rights を取り戻す感じが強い。defender は広く守る人だが、vindicator は accusation や criticism を受けた相手の正しさを示す場面で出やすい。indicator とつづりが少し似ているが意味はまったく別なので注意。
Learn it with the verb `vindicate`. If `vindicate` means to prove someone was right or clear their name, a `vindicator` is the person who does that job. It is stronger than a general `supporter` because it often appears when someone faces blame or criticism.
例文
The lawyer became the vindicator of the wrongly accused.
その弁護士は誤って告発された人の弁護者となった。
History often becomes the vindicator of unpopular decisions.
歴史は不人気な決定の弁護者となることが多い。
She was the vindicator of her father's reputation.
彼女は父の評判の弁護者であった。
vindicator の類義語・関連語
vindicator の語源・成り立ち Etymology
vindicator はラテン語 vindicare「権利を主張する・守る」から来ており、語尾 -ator は「〜する人」を表します。vindicate や vindictive と同根で、「正しさや権利を取り戻す人」という核から「弁護者・擁護者」の意味になりました。
Vindicator comes from Latin vindicare, meaning to claim, defend, or protect a right, plus the agent ending -or. The word kept the idea of someone who restores or upholds what is right. Over time it came to mean a person who clears, justifies, or defends someone or something. Related words include vindicate and vindictive, though the last one developed in a more negative direction.
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