disputant

[ dih-spyoot-nt ]

/ dɪˈspyut nt /

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noun

a person who disputes; debater.

adjective

engaged in dispute; disputing.

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Origin of disputant

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

OTHER WORDS FROM disputant

pre·dis·pu·tant, noun

Words nearby disputant

disproportionately, disproportionation, disprove, Dispur, disputable, disputant, disputation, disputatious, dispute, disputed, disqualification

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How to use disputant in a sentence

As it was useless arguing with so pertinacious a disputant we were compelled humbly to submit.
Hurricane Hurry|W.H.G. Kingston
"After all, I only asked to work and to be at peace," he said aloud, as if in answer to some insistent disputant.
Katharine Frensham|Beatrice Harraden
In conversation he was a singularly eager, acute and pertinacious disputant.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 4|Various
I must, however, allow that Mr. Henson is a courteous disputant, and I hope I shall reciprocate his good feeling.
Flowers of Freethought|George W. Foote

Horne Tooke was a keen and shrewd disputant, well able to impress weaker natures.
The English Utilitarians, Volume I.|Leslie Stephen

British Dictionary definitions for disputant

disputant

/ (dɪˈspjuːtənt, ˈdɪspjʊtənt) /

noun

a person who argues; contestant

adjective

engaged in argument

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disputant

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