controversialist

English

Etymology

controversial +‎ -ist

Noun

controversialist (plural controversialists)

1. One who regularly engages in public controversies.

   Richard Dawkins has become a leading controversialist in a few areas.

   • 1847-1886, James Crossley (editor), notes in The Diary and Correspondence of Dr. John Worthington

     His indefatigable adversary, who is the perfect model of an agile controversialist, had attacked him as a magniloquent Thraso, on account of his Pansophical promises.

Translations

one who regularly engages in public controversies

• French: controversiste (fr)
• Irish: aighneasóir m
• Turkish: tartışmacı (tr)