arguer
nounEtymology From Middle English arguer, arguere, equivalent to argue + -er.
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One who argues.
- Basically, it is a personal attack on an arguer that brings the individuals's personal circumstances, trustworthiness, or character into question.1989, Douglas N. Walton, Informal Logic:
- Such changes would seem basic in other broadcast organizations, but they have landed Ms. Scott in a hornet's nest of attacks and recriminations from some of the most ardent arguers in the medium.1997 December 29, Iver Peterson, “Ruffling Left-Wing Feathers To Recharge Pacifica Radio”, in The New York Times:
- Related terms
- debater, discussant, disputant, polemicist, controversialist, argufier, orator, rhetorician, sophist, casuist, demagogue, thinker, reasoner, philosopher, scientist, lawyer, politician, argument, logic, argue, reason, Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class IV § 476. Reasoning, Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/20 § debater
- Hypernyms
- person