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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

One skilled in or given to controversy; a controversialist.

How unfriendly is the

controvertist

to the discernment of the critic!

Campbell.

Noun.

One who controverts; a disputant; a man versed or engaged in controversy, or disputation.

How unfriendly is the spirit of the controvertist to the discernment of the critic.

controvertist ‎(plural controvertists)

One skilled in or given to controversy; a controversialist.
How unfriendly is the controvertist to the discernment of the critic! — Campbell.