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Definition of Disputant
1. Noun. A person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy.
Generic synonyms: Individual, Mortal, Person, Somebody, Someone, Soul
Specialized synonyms: Contester, Accuser, Arguer, Debater, Denier, Hairsplitter, Logomach, Logomachist, Obstructer, Obstructionist, Obstructor, Resister, Thwarter, Quarreler, Quarreller, Crusader, Meliorist, Reformer, Reformist, Social Reformer
Derivative terms: Dispute, Eristic
Definition of Disputant
1. a. Disputing; engaged in controversy.
2. n. One who disputes; one who argues in opposition to another; one appointed to dispute; a controvertist; a reasoner in opposition.
Definition of Disputant
1. Noun. A participant in a dispute. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Disputant
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disputant
Literary usage of Disputant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Community Mediation Programs: Developments and Challenges by Daniel McGillis (1999)
"disputant Perceptions of the Process and Agreements The second major class of
data related to the quality of justice is data on disputant satisfaction with ..."
2. The Confessions of S. Augustine: Book I-X. by Augustine (1886)
"Faustus was an eloquent disputant but ignorant of the Liberal Sciences. AND for
almost all those nine years, wherein with unsettled mind I had been a hearer ..."
3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"... with the same insuperable weight, the philosophic and the theological disputant ;
but we may observe two essential and peculiar circumstances, ..."
4. A General History of the Baptist Denomination in America, and Other Parts of by David Benedict (1813)
"... every slanderous declaimer against them ; it is the great gun, the ultima
ratio of every disputant, which they keep in reserve against the time of need. ..."
5. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1876)
"... a disputant. " Mr care usually was," says THOMAS STOBY the Quaker, " not to
provoke my opponent ; for by keeping him calm, I had his own understanding, ..."
6. ... Characters and Passages from Note-books by Samuel Butler (1908)
"A disputant IS a Holder of Arguments, and Wagers too, when he cannot make them good.
He takes naturally to Controversy, like Fishes in India that are said ..."
7. Restituta: Or, Titles, Extracts, and Characters of Old Books in English by Egerton Brydges (1814)
"... daughter was a great disputant for all the ceremonies of the church, and would
often disturb the table with her zeal upon that subject.1' ..."
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