dialectician

[ dahy-uh-lek-tish-uhn ]

noun

a person skilled in dialectic; logician.
a dialectologist.

Origin of dialectician

First recorded in 1685–95; from French dialecticien, from Latin dialectic(us) “dialectic” + French -ien adjective suffix; see origin at dialectic, -ian

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How to use dialectician in a sentence

We can argue about things like rodeo, and we do, but I’m a good enough teacher and dialectician that I get them to see it in their terms.
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He was not a dialectician, but a moralist, and as such takes the highest ground of all the old inquirers after truth.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I | John Lord
To a dialectician of any parts the fatal association of whales and Wales would be child's play.
Adventures and Enthusiasms | E. V. Lucas
They can be affixed only by the skilled lawgiver, and appreciated only by the skilled dialectician.
Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume III (of 4) | George Grote
Spencer often exaggerates or extenuates with reference to his facts, and uses the arts of the dialectician where argument fails.
The Story of the Earth and Man | J. W. Dawson

With the subtlest dialectician's skill, Bayle merely opposes reason and faith.
The Anglo-French Entente in the Seventeenth Century | Charles Bastide

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