† conˈfutantObs. [ad. L. confūtānt-em, pr.pple. of confūtāre to confute: see -ant.] One who confutes; a confuter. 1642Milton Apol. Smect. i, That the confutant may also know.Ibid. vi, Which hath brought this confutant into his pedantic kingdom of Cornucopia.