Hypertext Webster Gateway: "controversialist"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Controversialist \Con`tro*ver"sial*ist\, n.
One who carries on a controversy; a disputant.
He [Johnson] was both intellectually and morally of the
stuff of which controversialists are made. --Macaulay.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
controversialist
n : a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy
[syn: {disputant}]
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