controversialist

• He was a man of very extensive learning in the earlier and later Scholastic theology of the Church; he was a sharp-witted and ready controversialist, and he knew how to use his weapons in disputations. —  Life of Martin Luther
• Freeman is well known as the historian of the Norman Conquest, as an active politician, controversialist, and pamphleteer. —  The Life of Froude
• I knew he had the reputation of being a first-class controversialist, and I was quite aware that if he played his cards properly, we should have little chance, with such an audience, of making an efficient defence. —  The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley
• There is no comparison between the invective of Milton and of Salmasius; not so much from Milton's superiority as a controversialist, though this is very evident, as because he writes under the inspiration of a true passion. —  Life of John Milton
• Dr. Horsley was the controversialist, later on Bishop of St. David's and next of Rochester. —  Life Of Johnson

Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms

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