disputant

[ dih-spyoot-nt ]

noun

1. a person who disputes; debater.

adjective

1. engaged in dispute; disputing.

disputant

/ ˈdɪspjʊtənt; dɪˈspjuːtənt /

noun

1. a person who argues; contestant

adjective

1. engaged in argument

Other Words From

• predis·putant noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of disputant¹

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

Example Sentences

As it was useless arguing with so pertinacious a disputant we were compelled humbly to submit.

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"After all, I only asked to work and to be at peace," he said aloud, as if in answer to some insistent disputant.

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In conversation he was a singularly eager, acute and pertinacious disputant.

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I must, however, allow that Mr. Henson is a courteous disputant, and I hope I shall reciprocate his good feeling.

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Horne Tooke was a keen and shrewd disputant, well able to impress weaker natures.

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