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Definition of Refuter
1. Noun. A debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument.
Generic synonyms: Arguer, Debater
Derivative terms: Confute, Disprove, Rebut, Rebut, Refute, Refute
Definition of Refuter
1. n. One who, or that which, refutes.
Definition of Refuter
1. Noun. Person who refutes with an argument or example. ¹
2. Noun. An argument or example that refutes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Refuter
1. one that refutes [n -S] - See also: refutes
Lexicographical Neighbors of Refuter
Literary usage of Refuter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Works: With Some Account of His Life and Sufferings by Joseph Hall (1837)
"Wherein my refuter recollects all his dispersed folly, that it may shew the
fairer: telling his Protestant friend, what I have bragged, ..."
2. The Works of the Right Reverend Joseph Hall by Joseph Hall, Philip Wynter (1863)
"But what will my refuter say to the high priest himself, which was bound, every
day, to a morning and evening sacrifice, who was not yet restrained from a ..."
3. Argumentation and Debate by Craven Laycock, Robert Leighton Scales (1904)
"There are," says the refuter, " three possibilities, A, B, and C. But A and B
are false, consequently the presumption is that C is true. ..."
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