释义 |
controverter (see the vb.) Also 7 -or. [f. as prec. + -er1.] One who controverts; a disputant, a controversialist.
1593Donne Sat. ii. (R.), As controverters in vouch'd texts leave out Shrew'd words, which might against them clear the doubt. 1636B. Jonson Discov., Controv. scriptores, Some controverters in divinity are like swaggerers in a tavern, that..turn every thing into a weapon. 1827Hone Every-day Bk. II. 375 Dr. Parr..the skilful controverter. |