controvertist

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/ˌkɒntɹəˈvɜː(ɹ)tɪst/

noun

One skilled in or given to controversy; a controversialist.

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Meanings

nouncontrovertist (plural controvertists)

plural controvertists

  1. One skilled in or given to controversy; a controversialist.

    How unfriendly is the controvertist to the discernment of the critic!

    1789, George Campbell, The Four Gospels, Translated from the Greek
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    […] here were no Gibers, Cenſurers, Backbiters, Pick-pockets, Highwaymen, Houſebreakers, Attorneys, Bawds, Buffoons, Gameſters, Politicians, Wits, ſplenetick tedious Talkers, Controvertiſts, Raviſhers, Murderers, Robbers, Virtuoſo's; […]

    1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author’s Oeconomy and Happy Life among the Houyhnhnms. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part IV (A Voyage to the Houyhnhnms), page 301

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
controversialist

Origin

From controvert + -ist.

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Chicago

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