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English
Etymology
From oppugn + -er.
Pronunciation
Noun
oppugner (plural oppugners)
- Someone who oppugns; an opponent.
1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “Of the Will”, in The Anatomy of Melancholy, , Oxford, Oxfordshire: John Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 1, section 1, member 2, subsection 11, page 44:Revenge and Malice were as two violent oppugners on the one ſide, but Honeſty, Religion, Feare of God, with-held him on the other.
1833, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], “ VIII. That Verbal Allusions Are Not Wit, Because They Will Not Bear a Translation.”, in The Last Essays of Elia. , London: Edward Moxon, , →OCLC, pages 239–240:Dennis, the fiercest oppugner of puns in ancient or modern times, professes himself highly tickled with the “a stick” chiming to “ecclesiastic”.
Latin
Verb
oppugner
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of oppugnō