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Canadian ski jumpers Stefan Read and Katie Willis get cooking on Canada AM with their new title sponsor: Cook book author Chef Lesley Stowe.

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  1. noun One who assumes responsibility for another person or a group during a period of instruction, apprenticeship, or probation.
  2. noun One who vouches for the suitability of a candidate for admission.
  3. noun A legislator who proposes and urges adoption of a bill.
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contributor ·  advertiser ·  adviser ·  consultant ·  mentor ·  supporter ·  provider ·  backer ·  donor ·  supplier ·  participant ·  competitor

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sponsor:   sponsors ·  sponsoring ·  sponsored
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  1. Late Latin spōnsor, sponsor in baptism, from Latin, surety, from spōnsus, past participle of spondēre, to pledge; see spend- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin sponsor, a surety, Late Latin a sponsor in baptism, from spondere, past participle sponsus, promise; cf. Greek σπονδαί (plural of σπονδή), a truce, from σπένδειν, pour a libation, as when making a solemn treaty: see spondee. From Latin spondere are also ult. despond, respond, correspond, spouse, espousal, etc.
 

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