rebutter
1 Americannoun
noun
noun
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law a defendant's pleading in reply to a claimant's surrejoinder
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a person who rebuts
Etymology
Origin of rebutter1
First recorded in 1785–95; rebut + -er 1
Origin of rebutter2
1530–40; < Anglo-French rebuter rebuttal, noun use of infinitive: to rebut; see -er 3
Example Sentences
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The rebutter does not get to enjoy an introduction, like a boss, from the House sergeant-at-arms.
From Slate • Jan. 12, 2016
The rebutter does not enjoy mandatory ovations at the end of each line.
From Slate • Jan. 12, 2016
The first clash was a butter and a rebutter, their heads coming together, fairly making the wool fly.
From Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive by Burnett, Alf
A swarm of brochures in rejoinder and rebutter issued from the press, and the nineteenth century had come in before the controversy was quite forgotten.
From The Critical Period of American History by Fiske, John
Complaint, demurrer, confession and avoidance, traverse, replication, dilatory pleas, peremptory pleas, rejoinder, rebutter, and sur-rebutter.
From The Man in Court by Wells, Frederic DeWitt
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