A person who disputes or debates; someone who engages in argumentative discussion.
From Latin 'disceptator', one who disceptates. This scholar's term identifies someone whose role is intellectual disputation or forensic argument.
A 'disceptator' was the medieval equivalent of a professional debater—these people made their living in university halls, sharpening their arguments like swordsmen, which is fitting since 'disceptare' means to seize ideas apart.
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