People who face someone or something directly in challenge or conflict, or who confront difficult truths or problems.
From confront, via Old French confronter, from Medieval Latin confrontare (con- 'with' + frons 'forehead'). Originally meant 'to bring foreheads together,' which is why it means facing something directly.
The word literally means 'to bring foreheads together'—imagine two people in direct eye contact. Warriors and truth-tellers have always needed to be confronters, from ancient debaters to modern whistleblowers.
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