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controvertists

controvertists is the plural of controvertist.

Meaning of controvertist

Noun

controvertist (plural controvertists)

  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...

Questions about controvertists

What is controvertists the plural of?
Controvertists is the plural of controvertist.

Words near controvertists in the dictionary

  1. controverters
  2. controvertible
  3. controvertibly
  4. controverting
  5. controvertist
  6. controvertists
  7. controverts
  8. contrs.
  9. contrude
  10. contruded
  11. contrudes

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