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disputant
/ ˈdɪspjʊtənt; dɪˈspjuːtənt /
noun
- a person who argues; contestant
adjective
- engaged in argument
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- predis·putant noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of disputant1
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Example Sentences
As it was useless arguing with so pertinacious a disputant we were compelled humbly to submit.
"After all, I only asked to work and to be at peace," he said aloud, as if in answer to some insistent disputant.
In conversation he was a singularly eager, acute and pertinacious disputant.
I must, however, allow that Mr. Henson is a courteous disputant, and I hope I shall reciprocate his good feeling.
Horne Tooke was a keen and shrewd disputant, well able to impress weaker natures.
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