| 单词 | controvertist | 
| 释义 | controvertistn. Now somewhat rare.   A person who engages in argument or controversy; (also) an opponent of a person or position; a disputant. Cf. controversialist n., controverter n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > 			[noun]		 > person engaged in disputer1434 wrangler1561 debater1594 controvertist1608 disputant1612 controverser1614 controverter1615 controversist1623 disputator1637 polemic1639 disceptator1656 controversialist1658 eristic1659 scaldabancoa1670 fencera1680 controversionalist?1780 digladiator1803 argufier1805 polemist1825 polemicist1864 polemician1871 picador1876 barrack-room lawyer1943 1608    H. Fitzsimon Catholike Confut. 311  				Bellarmine, Stapleton, and all other famous Controuertists. 1655    J. Sergeant Schism Dis-arm'd 212  				He was borne a Controvertist. 1667    R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety x. 280  				Our Controvertists fall from arguments to reproaches. 1716    M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. iv. 222  				The modern Arian Contravertist, Christopher Sandius,..would needs insinuate, [etc.]. 1726    J. Swift Gulliver II.  iv. x. 147  				Here were no..Politicians, Wits, splenetick tedious Talkers, Controvertists, [etc.]. 1759    S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia I. xxii. 141  				Their disputations..often continued till neither controvertist remembered upon what question they began. 1824    J. Hogg Private Mem. Justified Sinner 205  				‘Wretched controvertist!’ thought I to myself an hundred times. 1852    J. H. Newman Disc. Univ. Educ. 262  				To crush and pound to dust the audacious controvertist. 1884    Jrnl. Educ. Sept. 341  				One hint which might advantageously be acted upon by all controvertists. 1906    Christian Advocate 19 Apr. 551/1  				He was a facile writer, thus manifesting a family trait, also a controvertist. 1986    Sewanee Rev. 94 592  				If that had been said..by a professional controvertist like Norman Mailer, we would assume ironic intent. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < | 
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