disputant

[dih-spyoot-nt]

dis·pu·tant

[dih-spyoot-nt]
noun
1.
a person who disputes; debater.
adjective
2.
engaged in dispute; disputing.

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Disputant is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

Origin:
1605–15; < Latin disputant- (stem of disputāns, present participle of disputāre), equivalent to disput- (see dispute) + -ant- -ant

pre·dis·pu·tant, noun
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disputant (dɪˈspjuːtənt, ˈdɪspjʊtənt)
 
n
1.  a person who argues; contestant
 
adj
2.  engaged in argument

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