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Definition of Oppugner
1. n. One who opposes or attacks; that which opposes.
Definition of Oppugner
1. Noun. Someone who oppugns; an opponent. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Oppugner
1. one that oppugns [n -S] - See also: oppugns
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oppugner
Literary usage of Oppugner
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Prose and Verse by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1853)
"Now the burthen of the Cc9 proof lies with the oppugner, not with the Supporten
of the common belief Mr. Wordsworth, in consequence, assigns, ..."
2. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1880)
"What greater motive can there be than this burning lust ? what so violent an
oppugner? Not without good cause therefore so many general councils condemn it, ..."
3. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"... and Malthus; he was himself the last of ' the learned anti- Newtonians and a
noted oppugner of all that distinguishes Algebra from Arithmetic. ..."
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