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polemist

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[pol-uh-mist, puh-lem-ist, poh-] / ˈpɒl ə mɪst, pəˈlɛm ɪst, poʊ- /
Also polemicist

noun

  1. a person who is engaged or versed in polemics.


Etymology

Origin of polemist

1815–25; < Greek polemistḗs warrior, equivalent to pólem ( os ) war + -istēs -ist

Example Sentences

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The 63-year-old polemist, who is sometimes likened in France to former U.S.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 30, 2021

By his first morning in Havana, the ever combative polemist is professing his fury with Castro.

From Time Magazine Archive

Finally the Ministry of Corporations goes to scintillant polemist and war veteran Giuseppe Bottai.

From Time Magazine Archive

His mantle, as a vigorous polemist, had fallen upon his youngest son.

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.

We can dispense, in short, with all the arts That brutalize the practical polemist!

From The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir

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