apologuer, apologer

[Eng. apologue; -er.] One who utters apologues. "A mouse, saith an apologer [apologuer], was brought up in a chest, there fed with fragments of bread and cheese."-Burton: Anat. of Mel . , p. 559. "Why may not a sober apologer [apologuer] be permitted, who brings his burthen to cool the conflagrations of fiery wits?"-Waterhous: Apology for Learning, . (1658), p. 258.