Meaning of CONTROVERSIALIST
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| | Definition: | | [n] a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy |
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| | Synonyms: | | disputant |
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| | See Also: | | accuser, arguer, caviler, caviller, contester, crusader, debater, denier, human, individual, logomach, logomachist, meliorist, mortal, obstructer, obstructionist, obstructor, person, pettifogger, quarreler, quarreller, quibbler, radical, reformer, reformist, resister, somebody, someone, soul, thwarter | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Con`tro*ver"sial*ist\, n.
One who carries on a controversy; a disputant.
He [Johnson] was both intellectually and morally of the
stuff of which controversialists are made. --Macaulay.
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