1. one who advocates or backs a cause.   posterity   patriarch   pedestrian   proponent   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. person who tends to brag or boast.   braggart   masochist   necromancer   mendicant   Half-n-half Clue   3. one who studies the structure and development of languages.   philologist   quisling   philistine   misogamist   Half-n-half Clue   4. one who hates women.   misogynist   orthodontist   toady   mercenary   Half-n-half Clue   5. uncultured and narrow-minded person.   neophyte   ornithologist   philistine   nonentity   Half-n-half Clue   6. person who enjoys pain being inflicted on himself.   necromancer   masochist   pragmatist   mercenary   Half-n-half Clue   7. one who suffers or dies for a cause.   paramour   partisan   magnate   martyr   Half-n-half Clue