disputer

Example Sentences

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But Miss Seeds, no mean disputer herself, also had the powerful backing of the University of California at Los Angeles.

From Time Magazine Archive

For the disputer is always seeking to trip up his opponent; and this is a mode of argument which disgusts men with philosophy as they grow older.

From Theaetetus by Jowett, Benjamin

He hath created man of seed; and yet behold he is a professed disputer against the resurrection.

From The Koran (Al-Qur'an) by Sale, George

Where is the wise and where is the disputer?

From The Christ Of Paul Or, The Enigmas of Christianity by Reber, George

But it will, though," retorted Douce Davie Deans; "I tell ye it will bear a disputer never like your cauld, legal, formal doctrines, neighbour Saddletree.

From The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 by Scott, Walter, Sir