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Definition of "disputant" [dis•pu•tant]

  • Engaged in dispute or argument. (adjective)
  • One engaged in a dispute. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "disputant" in a sentence
  • "The effect of the arrangement was that the "disputant" developer had virtually no income, but a "lavish lifestyle" the decision said."
  • "Agile disputant though he is, Michael Medved does not convince."
  • "But I will say, as you shall see, that he matched their subtlety with equal subtlety; and from what I saw of him I have little doubt but what he would have confounded many a disputant in the synagogues."