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Definition of Debater
1. Noun. Someone who engages in debate.
Generic synonyms: Controversialist, Disputant, Eristic
Specialized synonyms: Devil's Advocate, Confuter, Disprover, Rebutter, Refuter, Wrangler
Derivative terms: Argue, Argue, Debate, Debate
Definition of Debater
1. n. One who debates; one given to argument; a disputant; a controvertist.
Definition of Debater
1. Noun. One who debates or participates in a debate; one who argues. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Debater
1. one that debates [n -S] - See also: debates
Lexicographical Neighbors of Debater
Literary usage of Debater
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life of James Buchanan: Fifteenth President of the United States by George Ticknor Curtis (1883)
"... and had been somewhat active in that body, was already possessed of some powers
as a debater. But his political principles, as a national statesman, ..."
2. The Fundamentals of Debate by Harry Franklin Covington (1918)
"The Advantage of the Conceptual View-Point to the debater.—The debater may regard
any process or proposition as a concept for the purpose of imagery, ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"... but that it has become a bore. who as a debater may best be described as a
minus quantity. We suppose there is power in him of some kind. ..."
4. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"An able debater and preacher, he engaged in several memorable discussions: namely,
with Alexander Campbell (qv) at Lexington, Ky., in 1843, on baptism; ..."
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