Word familynoun debate debaterdebatementverb debate adjectivedebatabledebatefuladverbdebatingly
de·bat·er /dɪˈbeɪtə $ -ər/ noun [countableC]
someone who speaks in a formal debate 辩论会参加者;辩论者
Examples from the Corpus
debater• He was a debater, if not an intellectual.• Dole is a wise and experienced debater.• But is he a better-humored debater?• Though small and frail, he was a powerful and lucid debater.• He was a redoubtable debater with a caustic tongue in polemics and a nice touch in irony in writing.