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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

disputants

, p. pr. of

disputare

: cf. F.

disputant

. See

Verb.

]

Disputing; engaged in controversy.

Milton.

Noun.

One who disputes; one who argues in opposition to another; one appointed to dispute; a controvertist; a reasoner in opposition.

A singularly eager, acute, and pertinacious

disputant

Macaulay.

Noun.

One who disputes; one who argues in opposition to another; a controvertist; a reasoner in opposition.

Adj.

Disputing; engaged in controversy.