[f. prec. + -ER1.] One who apologizes (in modern usage for a fault or offence; in early use = APOLOGIST).
1660. H. More, Myst. Godl., III. ii. 61. Another sort of Apologizers for Heathenism.
1677. J. H[anmer], View of Antiq., 239 (T.). His apologisers labour to free him.
