Meaning of DISPUTANT
| Pronunciation: | | di'spyootnt
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| | Definition: | | [n] a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy |
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| | Synonyms: | | controversialist |
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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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\Dis"pu*tant\, a. [L. disputants, p. pr. of disputare:
cf. F. disputant. See {Dispute}, v. i.]
Disputing; engaged in controversy. --Milton.
\Dis"pu*tant\, n.
One who disputes; one who argues ?? opposition to another;
one appointed to dispute; a controvertist; a reasoner in
opposition.
A singularly eager, acute, and pertinacious disputant.
--Macaulay.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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, Philadelphia lawyer, 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 |
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