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debater
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun debater has 1 sense
- debater(n = noun.person) arguer - someone who engages in debate; Array is a kind of controversialist, disputant, eristic
has particulars: devil's advocate, confuter, disprover, rebutter, refuter, wrangler
Derived forms verb debate1, verb debate3
THESAURUS
debater
Philadelphia lawyer, apologist, arguer, argufier, casuist, controversialist, declaimer, demagogue, disceptator, disputant, guardhouse lawyer, haranguer, jawsmith, logomacher, logomachist, mooter, panelist, pilpulist, polemic, polemicist, polemist, public speaker, rabble-rouser, ranter, speaker, speecher, speechifier, speechmaker, spieler, spokesman, spokeswoman, spouter, talker, tub-thumper, wrangler
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