dispute
verb (used without object)
to engage in argument or debate.
disputer
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a word derived from
dispute.
Example Sentences
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But Miss Seeds, no mean disputer herself, also had the powerful backing of the University of California at Los Angeles.
From Time Magazine Archive
As Great-heart was knocked down with this giant's club, so many a faithful minister has been confounded with the subtle arguments of a cunning disputer.
From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by John Bunyan
And a little farther he saith, 'And now let this carnal politic counsellor, and disputer of this world, tell wherein have they to blame me.
From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by John Bunyan
When God teaches, "Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world?"
From Sermons to the Natural Man by William G. T. (William Greenough Thayer) Shedd
And therefore, hence it is that a Christian is not called a doer, a reasoner, an objector, and perverse disputer, but a believer.
From Miscellaneous Pieces by John Bunyan
