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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
disputant \dis"pu*tant\, noun One who disputes; one who argues in opposition to another; one appointed to dispute; a controvertist; a reasoner in opposition.
A singularly eager, acute, and pertinacious disputant. --Macaulay.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
disputant \dis"pu*tant\, adjective [L. disputants, p. pr. of disputare: cf. F. disputant. See {Dispute}, verb (used without an object)] Disputing; engaged in controversy. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
disputant
noun: a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy [syn: {controversialist}, {eristic}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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