controvertist

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English

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Etymology

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From controvert +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌkɒntɹəˈvɜː(ɹ)tɪst/

Noun

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controvertist (plural controvertists)

  1. One skilled in or given to controversy; a controversialist.
    • 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author’s Oeconomy and Happy Life among the Houyhnhnms. []”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. [] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: [] Benj[amin] Motte, [], →OCLC, part IV (A Voyage to the Houyhnhnms), page 301:
      [] here were no Gibers, Cenſurers, Backbiters, Pick-pockets, Highwaymen, Houſebreakers, Attorneys, Bawds, Buffoons, Gameſters, Politicians, Wits, ſplenetick tedious Talkers, Controvertiſts, Raviſhers, Murderers, Robbers, Virtuoſo's; []
    • 1789, George Campbell, The Four Gospels, Translated from the Greek:
      How unfriendly is the controvertist to the discernment of the critic!

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