Dictionary

debater en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /dɪˈbeɪtə(ɹ)/ (UK)

Etymology

From debate + -er.

Meanings

1. One who debates or participates in a debate; one who argues.
   • William is a great debater.
   • Chief among the strategies exploiting this rule was "spreading" (a combination of "speed" and "reading"), where debaters would rattle off arguments at a blistering pace. Their speeches often exceeded 300 words per minute. (A conversational pace is about 60 per minute.) 2017 September 26, Jack McCordick, “The Corrosion of High School Debate—And How It Mirrors American Politics”, in America, New York, N.Y.: America Press Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Jun 2023:
   • Benjamin Disraeli, who was a pretty bright guy—a novelist, debater, and prime minister of England—tried to identify a person once and ended up exclaiming, "A Polish nobleman, a Count somebody; I never can remember their crack-jaw name." 2009, Patsy Clairmont, All Cracked Up: Experiencing God in the Broken Places:

Forms

Synonyms

arguer · arguee

Translations (18)

fi väittelijä (one who debates or participates in a debate; one who argues.) · fr débatteuse (one who debates or participates in a debate; one who argues.) · fr débatteur (one who debates or participates in a debate; one who argues.) · eo debatisto (one who debates or participates in a debate; one who argues.) · ru дебатирующий (one who debates or participates in a debate; one who argues.) · ru дебатёр (one who debates or participates in a debate; one who argues.) · pl dyskutantka (one who debates or participates in a debate; one who argues.) · pt debatedor (one who debates or participates in a debate; one who argues.) · fi debatööri (one who debates or participates in a debate; one who argues.) · ru участник дебатов (one who debates or participates in a debate; one who argues.) · cs diskutér (one who debates or participates in a debate; one who argues.) · pt debatedora (one who debates or participates in a debate; one who argues.) · sv debattör (one who debates or participates in a debate; one who argues.) · pl dyskutant (one who debates or participates in a debate; one who argues.) · ru ведущий дебаты (one who debates or participates in a debate; one who argues.) · th นักโต้วาที (one who debates or participates in a debate; one who argues.) · ru участвующий в дебатах (one who debates or participates in a debate; one who argues.) · ar مُنَاظِر (one who debates or participates in a debate; one who argues.)