擁 — hug, embrace, possess, protect, lead

この作家は一方的軍備廃棄論の擁護者だ。

The author is a unilateralist.

それは五千人の兵員を擁する大部隊なのです。

That is a large force with 5,000 soldiers.

その多くを擁する大寺院は七堂伽藍と呼ばれる。

A large temple complex that has most of these elements is called a shichido garan (which literally means "seven-hall temple" or a group of seven buildings that are supposed to form the heart of an ideal Buddhist temple).