disputant
Noun
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A person who disputes;
Who is good at or enjoys controversy (synset 109638495)subtypes:- 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
same as: controversialist, eristic
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