debatern.
/dɪˈbeɪtə/ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > quarrelsomeness > quarrelsome person
conteckerc1300
brawler1377
strivera1400
debater1413
tuilyier1444
briguer1496
Sir Wrig-wraga1529
brabbler1570
squarer1600
pickeerer1656
rafflerc1750
roit1825
pickeer1888
1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1483) iv. xxxv. 83 Fyghters and debatours.
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Rom. i. 30 Detractouris, hateful to God, debateris, proude.
c1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine iv. 1519 A fals traytour..debater and robbour.
2. One who takes part in debate or public discussion; a disputant, controversialist. Often, one skilled in debate, an able disputant.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [noun] > person engaged in
disputer1434
wrangler1561
debater1594
controvertist1608
disputant1612
controverser1614
controverter1615
controversist1623
disputator1637
polemic1639
disceptator1656
controversialist1658
eristic1659
scaldabancoa1670
fencera1680
controversionalist?1780
digladiator1803
argufier1805
polemist1825
polemicist1864
polemician1871
picador1876
barrack-room lawyer1943
1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. H1 Debate where leysure serues with dull debators . View more context for this quotation
a1773 Ld. Chesterfield (T.) It is only knowledge and experience that can make a debater.
1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XIII xx. 65 The Lord Henry was a great debater, So that few members kept the House up later.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 611 Their debates lasted three days..Sir Patrick Hume was one of the debaters.
1887 Westm. Rev. June 277 Mr. C. is a debater.
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