Controverter

(see the vb.). Also 7 -or. [f. as prec. + -ER¹.] One who controverts; a disputant, a controversialist.

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1593. Donne, Sat., ii. Poems 1633, 322.

	As controverters in vouch’d Texts leave out
	Shrewd words, which might against them cleare the doubt.

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1636. B. Jonson, Discov., Control. scriptores. Some controverters in divinity are like swaggerers in a tavern, that … turn every thing into a weapon.

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1827. Hone, Every-day Bk., II. 375. Dr. Parr … the skilful controverter.

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