dialectician
AmericanEtymology
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
Example Sentences
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"Mr. Winchell, "Dialectician and Delineator of Eccentric Character.
From Time Magazine Archive
This can be confusing, especially to the dogged few who follow him with the patience, the tuition and the comprehension with which any serious Lippmann reader must come fully endowed. 20th Century Dialectician.
From Time Magazine Archive
In his trumpeting, Dialectician Spandarian ignored the objective fact that the U.S. basketball team at Santiago was a third-rate Air Force pickup squad.
From Time Magazine Archive
His ambition was to furnish a method for the Yes and No Dialectician, and the expounder of science from self-evident principles.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William
Diodorus Siculus hath no maxim that should help you against me; but, like Diodorus the Dialectician, you should die of shame.
From The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court by Ford, Ford Madox
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