Debater

3 definitions found

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

  Debater \De*bat"er\, n.
     One who debates; one given to argument; a disputant; a
     controvertist.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Debate where leisure serves with dull debaters. --Shak.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  debater
       n : 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