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Definition of Polemist
1. Noun. A writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology).
Definition of Polemist
1. n. A polemic.
Definition of Polemist
1. Noun. A polemicist ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Polemist
1. one who engages in polemics [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polemist
Literary usage of Polemist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"With inequalities of talent, sometimes doubtful taste, and excesses of language,
inherent in his profession as a polemist as in his natural disposition, ..."
2. The Warner Library by Charles Dudley Warner, Harry Morgan Ayres, John William Cunliffe, Helen Rex Keller, Gerhard Richard Lomer (1917)
"With inequalities of talent, sometimes doubtful taste, and excesses of language,
inherent in his profession as a polemist as in his natural disposition, ..."
3. The Universal review (1859)
"... according as the minister requires the polemist's support, and shows himself
eager to obtain it, so does the polemist exchange his prose for a greater ..."
4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN, Sidney Lee (1886)
"... which he was incapable of keeping; a vigorous polemist, but without either
spite or guile ; whatever GILBERT, educated at Leyden and Merton, ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... who succeeded him, he resigned as president of the ministry in 1888. He was
a vigorous polemist and forceful writer and author of ..."
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