controvertist
noun/ˌkɒntɹəˈvɜː(ɹ)tɪst/
Etymology From controvert + -ist.
1
One skilled in or given to controversy; a controversialist.
- […] here were no Gibers, Cenſurers, Backbiters, Pick-pockets, Highwaymen, Houſebreakers, Attorneys, Bawds, Buffoons, Gameſters, Politicians, Wits, ſplenetick tedious Talkers, Controvertiſts, Raviſhers, Murderers, Robbers, Virtuoſo's; […]1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author’s Oeconomy and Happy Life among the Houyhnhnms. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part IV (A Voyage to the Houyhnhnms), page 301:
- How unfriendly is the controvertist to the discernment of the critic!1789, George Campbell, The Four Gospels, Translated from the Greek: