controverter
English
Etymology
controvert + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɒntɹəˌvɜː(ɹ)tɚ/
Noun
controverter (plural controverters)
- One who controverts; a controversial writer; a controversialist.
- 1641, Ben Jonson, Discoveries:
- Some controverters in divinity are like swaggerers in a tavern.
Further reading
- “controverter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “controverter”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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