controvertist
(ˈkɒntrəvɜːtɪst, -ˈvɜːtɪst)
Also 8 contra-.
[f. controvert + -ist.]
One who practises or is engaged in controversy; a controversialist.
| 1655 S. W. Schism Disarmd 212 He was borne a Controvertist. 1667 Decay Chr. Piety x. §1. 312 Our controvertists fall from arguments to reproaches. 1759 Johnson Rasselas xxii, Their disputations..often continued till neither controvertist remembered upon what question they began. 1852 J. H. Newman Scope Univ. Educ. 262 To crush and pound to dust the audacious controvertist. 1884 Jrnl. Educ. 1 Sept. 341 One hint which might advantageously be acted upon by all controvertists. |