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Definition of Controversialist

Controversialist
Controversialist Con`tro*ver"sial*ist, n. One who carries on a controversy; a disputant. He [Johnson] was both intellectually and morally of the stuff of which controversialists are made. --Macaulay.

Meaning of Controversialist from wikipedia

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