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[syn: disputant, controversialist, eristic]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
disputant \dis"pu*tant\, a. [L. disputants, p. pr. of disputare:
cf. F. disputant. See Dispute, v. i.]
Disputing; engaged in controversy. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
disputant \dis"pu*tant\, n.
One who disputes; one who argues in opposition to another;
one appointed to dispute; a controvertist; a reasoner in
opposition.
[1913 Webster]
A singularly eager, acute, and pertinacious disputant.
--Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
disputant
n 1: a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy
[syn: disputant, controversialist, eristic]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
91 Moby Thesaurus words for "disputant":
Philadelphia lawyer, apologist, arguer, argufier, battler,
belligerent, belted knight, bickerer, bitter-ender, blade, bravo,
brawler, bully, bullyboy, casuist, combatant, competitor,
contender, contestant, controversialist, debater, defendant,
diehard, disceptator, dissentient, dissident, duelist, enforcer,
fencer, feuder, fighter, fighting cock, foilsman, gamecock,
gladiator, goon, gorilla, guardhouse lawyer, hatchet man, hood,
hoodlum, hooligan, intransigent, irreconcilable, jouster, knight,
last-ditcher, litigant, logomacher, logomachist, militant, mooter,
naysayer, negativist, noncooperator, objector, obstructionist,
obstructive, opposer, oppositionist, pilpulist, plaintiff,
plug-ugly, polemic, polemicist, polemist, protester, quarreler,
resister, rioter, rival, rough, rowdy, ruffian, sabreur, scrapper,
scuffler, squabbler, strong arm, strong-arm man, strong-armer,
struggler, swashbuckler, sword, swordplayer, swordsman, thug,
tilter, tough, tussler, wrangler