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REBUTTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rebutter mean?
• REBUTTER (noun)
The noun REBUTTER has 2 senses:
1. a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument
2. (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder
Familiarity information: REBUTTER used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
confuter; disprover; rebutter; refuter
Hypernyms ("rebutter" is a kind of...):
arguer; debater (someone who engages in debate)
Derivation:
rebut (prove to be false or incorrect)
rebut (overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
rebuttal; rebutter
Hypernyms ("rebutter" is a kind of...):
pleading ((law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Derivation:
rebut (overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof)
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