Disputant

4 definitions found

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

  disputant \dis"pu*tant\, a. [L. disputants, p. pr. of disputare:
     cf. F. disputant. See {Dispute}, v. i.]
     Disputing; engaged in controversy. --Milton.
     [1913 Webster]

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



  disputant \dis"pu*tant\, n.
     One who disputes; one who argues in opposition to another;
     one appointed to dispute; a controvertist; a reasoner in
     opposition.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           A singularly eager, acute, and pertinacious disputant.
                                                    --Macaulay.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  disputant
       n : 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