promulgator

He was great only as the promulgator, not as the inventor, of ideas.

This hopeful proposal did not, unfortunately, produce the result hoped for by its distinguished promulgator.

Boston has been not only the promulgator, but in a great measure the tutor, of American music.

So, merely repeating to the recent promulgator of the old adage his own words, “Look before you leap,” I passed on.

How this last doctrine was defended by its promulgator, we cannot say.