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DISPUTANT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversyplay

Synonyms:

controversialist; disputant; eristic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("disputant" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disputant"):

contester (someone who contests an outcome (of a race or an election etc.))

accuser (someone who imputes guilt or blame)

arguer; debater (someone who engages in debate)

denier (one who denies)

hairsplitter (a disputant who makes unreasonably fine distinctions)

logomach; logomachist (someone given to disputes over words)

obstructer; obstructionist; obstructor; resister; thwarter (someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take)

quarreler; quarreller (a disputant who quarrels)

crusader; meliorist; reformer; reformist; social reformer (a disputant who advocates reform)

Derivation:

dispute (have a disagreement over something)

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