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    DISPUTANT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversyplay

    Synonyms:

    controversialist; disputant; eristic

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("disputant" is a kind of...):

    individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disputant"):

    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)

    Derivation:

    dispute (have a disagreement over something)

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