polemist
Americannoun
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
He was already famous at court as a preacher and a polemist when the king gave him the title of Bishop of Condom, almost immediately inviting him to become preceptor to the dauphin.
From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 by Black, Robert
Casaubon’s knowledge of the fathers was that of a scholar, Duperron’s that of an adroit polemist; and the 443 scholar was driven to admit that the polemist was often too hard for him.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
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