controverter

English

Etymology

controvert +‎ -er

Noun

controverter (plural controverters)

  1. One who controverts; a controversial writer; a controversialist.
    • Ben Jonson
      Some controverters in divinity are like swaggerers in a tavern.

Further reading
  • controverter in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • controverter in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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