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 

• REBUTTER (noun)

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)