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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Debater \De*bat"er\, noun One who debates; one given to argument; a disputant; a controvertist.
Debate where leisure serves with dull debaters. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
debater
noun: someone who engages in debate [syn: {arguer}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
35 Moby Thesaurus words for "debater": Philadelphia lawyer, apologist, arguer, argufier, casuist, controversialist, declaimer, demagogue, disceptator, disputant, guardhouse lawyer, haranguer, jawsmith, logomacher, logomachist, mooter, panelist, pilpulist, polemic, polemicist, polemist, public speaker, rabble-rouser, ranter, speaker, speecher, speechifier, speechmaker, spieler, spokesman, spokeswoman, spouter, talker, tub-thumper, wrangler
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