upstander

upstander (plural upstanders)

1. A person who stands up for something, as contrasted to a bystander who remains inactive.
   • 2006 May 7, Nicholas D. Kirstof, “Heroes of Darfur”, in The New York Times:

     Professor Reeves has been a full-time upstander on Sudan since 1999, back when the people being slaughtered there were Christians in the south of the country.

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2. (archaic) One of the upright handlebars on a traditional Inuit sled.
   • 1913, T. Everett Harré, The Eternal Maiden, J. J. Little & Ives Company, pages 216–217:

     With quick presence of mind, Ootah grasped the rear upstander of the sled, which had begun to slide to and fro, and planted his harpoon in the ice.

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