disputer

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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

Where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world?

From Critical Examination of the Life of St. Paul by Annet, Peter

As Great-heart was knocked down with this giant's club, so many a faithful minister has been confounded with the subtle arguments of a cunning disputer.

From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by Bunyan, John

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

Why then does not the disputer, thus recollecting, taste in the mouth of his musing the sweetness of joy, or the bitterness of sorrow?

From The Confessions of St. Augustine by Pusey, E. B. (Edward Bouverie)