legitimizer

The EFP had encouraged this tendency, seeking to maximize the Presidency's usefulness as legitimizer of the power the party wielded.

Because he is known to be so skeptical of Baghdad, "Richard Butler has become the legitimizer of Kofi Annan's new agreement with Iraq," said a senior American official.

David Souter, he told one questioner, "has a vision of the Court as a moderating influence," as "a conciliator and legitimizer," and that perspective repre-sented "the essence of David Souter.

Reverend William Henry Hechler (January 10, 1845 - January 31, 1931) was a Restorationist Anglican clergyman, eschatological writer, crusader against anti-Semitism, promoter of Zionism, aide, counselor, friend and legitimizer of Theodor Herzl the founder of the modern Zionism.