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disputant

American  
[dih-spyoot-nt] / dɪˈspjut nt /

noun

  1. a person who disputes; debater.


adjective

  1. engaged in dispute; disputing.

disputant British  
/ ˈdɪspjʊtənt, dɪˈspjuːtənt /

noun

  1. a person who argues; contestant

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. engaged in argument

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of disputant

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

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Every other disputant in the South China Sea, including the Philippines, bases its maritime claims on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, an international agreement that defines maritime zones.

From National Geographic

Only disputant of their power was Dion O'Banion, on Chicago's North Side, who ran a flower shop as a sideline, specialized in floral pieces for gangster funerals, a highly lucrative trade.

From Time Magazine Archive

The U. S. disputant was Harold M. Osborne, 1924 Olympic high jump and decathlon champion, world's record-holder in both events.

From Time Magazine Archive

"If," said Elocution Professor Brigance with pardonable pride, "if there be such a thing as a crown of American oratory, certainly there could be no disputant of Wabash's claim to it."

From Time Magazine Archive

To many a humble disputant the Guernsey Market House seemed, in some mysterious way, to have been exempt from that servitude to previously accumulated capital in which the whole creation groaneth and travaileth.

From An Example of Communal Currency The facts about the Guernsey Market House by Harris, J. Theodore

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