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contradictor|kɒntrəˈdɪktə(r)|
Also 7–8 -er.
[a. L. contrādictor, agent-n. from contrādīcĕre to contradict; the variant in -er is formed on the English verb.]
One who contradicts; one who speaks against, opposes, or denies what is asserted, claimed, proposed, etc.; a gainsayer.
1599–1623Minsheu Sp. Dict., Contradezidor, a gaine⁓sayer, a contradictor. 1612T. Taylor Comm. Titus i. 9 Stubborne and opposite contradictors of the truth. 1645Milton Tetrach. (1851) 207 In hope to find him a contradicter of Moses, and a condemner of Herod. 1727Swift State Irel. Wks. 1755 V. ii. 161 If a gentleman happen to be a little more sincere..he is sure to have a dozen contradictors. 1825Ld. Cockburn Mem. 228 It is easy to make almost any hypothesis have an appearance of soundness when there is no contradictor. 1889Ld. Watson in Law Rep. 14 App. Cases 668 Re-trying..the same issues which have already been conclusively decided against him in a question with his proper contradictor. |