dispute
verb (used without object)
to engage in argument or debate.
disputer
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a word derived from
dispute.
Example Sentences
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But Miss Seeds, no mean disputer herself, also had the powerful backing of the University of California at Los Angeles.
From Time Magazine Archive
The illustrious disputer is a dry, bilious and bald old man.
From The Iron Pincers or Mylio and Karvel A Tale of the Albigensian Crusades by Eugène Sue
And a little farther he saith, 'And now let this carnal politic counsellor, and disputer of this world, tell wherein have they to blame me.
From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by John Bunyan
As Great-heart was knocked down with this giant's club, so many a faithful minister has been confounded with the subtle arguments of a cunning disputer.
From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by John Bunyan
Doth not man know that we have created him of seed? yet behold, he is an open disputer against the resurrection; and he propoundeth unto us a comparison, and forgetteth his creation.
From The Koran (Al-Qur'an) by George Sale
