Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who strives or contends; a fighter; a quarreler.
- noun One who debates; a disputant; a wrangler.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who debates; one given to argument; a disputant; a controvertist.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
debates or participates in a debate; one who argues.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who engages in debate
Etymologies
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Examples
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What makes Christopher Hitchens such a capable and persuasive debater is a mixture of his ides, arguments, and charm.
Danny Groner: We Need Discussions, Not Debates Danny Groner 2010
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What makes Christopher Hitchens such a capable and persuasive debater is a mixture of his ides, arguments, and charm.
Danny Groner: We Need Discussions, Not Debates Danny Groner 2010
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What makes Christopher Hitchens such a capable and persuasive debater is a mixture of his ides, arguments, and charm.
Danny Groner: We Need Discussions, Not Debates Danny Groner 2010
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What makes Christopher Hitchens such a capable and persuasive debater is a mixture of his ides, arguments, and charm.
Danny Groner: We Need Discussions, Not Debates Danny Groner 2010
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She'd learn what a great debater is really all about.
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What makes Christopher Hitchens such a capable and persuasive debater is a mixture of his ides, arguments, and charm.
Danny Groner: We Need Discussions, Not Debates Danny Groner 2010
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Kossuth early made himself known as a debater, and gradually won his way upward, and became associated with the leading men of the Liberal party, many of whom were among the proudest and richest of the
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A terrific debater, which is one of the things that made her so powerful politically in her own country.
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The debater is a third personality type whose approach is likely to get in the way.
Managing Strategic Relationships Leonard Greenhalgh 2001
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The debater is a third personality type whose approach is likely to get in the way.
Managing Strategic Relationships Leonard Greenhalgh 2001
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