A person or thing that advances or moves forward; one who promotes or furthers something.
From 'advance' plus the agent suffix '-er' (one who does). A person or agent who actively advances causes or positions.
Medieval 'advancers' were literally military engineers who supervised advancing siege equipment toward castle walls—the word started as a very physical job before becoming metaphorical.
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