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Antonyms for disputant


Grammar : Noun
Spell : dih-spyoot-nt
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈspyut nt



Definition of disputant

Origin :
  • 1610s, from Latin disputantem (nominative disputans), present participle of disputare (see dispute).
  • As in opponent : noun person with whom one competes
  • As in opposition : noun person, people competing
  • As in opposer : noun opponent
  • As in oppositionist : noun opponent
  • As in resister : noun opponent
  • As in contestant : noun competitor
  • As in enemy : noun someone hated or competed against
  • As in fighter : noun person engaged in hostile encounter
Example sentences :
  • "The South is defensive, and the North aggressive," one disputant might say.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 » by Various
  • Evelyn Ames, the other disputant, had been an enigma at college.
  • Extract from : « A Book of Bryn Mawr Stories » by Marian T. MacIntosh
  • I had no wish to be known as a disputant or an experimentalist.
  • Extract from : « Mohawks, Volume 2 of 3 » by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
  • And tell Dewint I shall become a disputant on the landscape.
  • Extract from : « Keats » by Sidney Colvin
  • The disputant must acquire promptitude in the employment of them.
  • Extract from : « Aristotle » by George Grote
  • The disputant says, "Fire must be non-hot because it is artificial."
  • Extract from : « The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha » by Madhava Acharya
  • His opponents say that he is too much of a poet to be a critic; he is certainly too much of a poet to be a disputant.
  • Extract from : « Views and Reviews » by Henry James
  • "Reste savoir," said I to myself, with the disputant at Nismes.
  • Extract from : « Four Years in France » by Henry Digby Beste
  • Another is a file; and he is a disputant, a controversialist.
  • Extract from : « Life Of Johnson, Volume 5 » by Boswell
  • Hang it man, whatever you may have been at Oxford University you are no disputant now.
  • Extract from : « Madame Flirt » by Charles E. Pearce

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