polemist

[ pol-uh-mist, puh-lem-ist, poh- ]

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of polemist¹

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

Example Sentences

But, in addition, we are not dealing here with Bossuet as a polemist.

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In Montreal the lectures of the Italian polemist were attended by disturbances more serious and more general.

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The polemist appeals too apparently to his readers while the opening pages approach a declamation.

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