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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to debate + -er

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