Obs. [f. prec. + -ER1.] One given to contention; a contender.
1593. Nashe, Christ’s T. (1613), 140. These thorny Contentioners, that choake the Word of God with foolish controuersies.
1624. F. White, Repl. Fisher, 73. So long as Contentioners rest vnsatisfied, and admit no Reconciliation.
