Controversialist

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Controversialist \Con`tro*ver"sial*ist\, n.
     One who carries on a controversy; a disputant.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           He [Johnson] was both intellectually and morally of the
           stuff of which controversialists are made. --Macaulay.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  controversialist
       n : a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy
           [syn: {disputant}, {eristic}]