Definition of disputant

dis´pu`tant
a.1.Disputing; engaged in controversy.
n.1.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.


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