rebutter

Plural: rebutters

Noun

• One who offers a rebuttal or counterargument.
• a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument
• (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder
• One who drives back or repulses
• One who makes a rebuttal.
• A rebuttal; the answer of a defendant in matter of fact to a plaintiff's surrejoinder.

Verb

• To apply butter to (something) again.

Examples

• The keen rebutter always had a dictionary ready to challenge any questionable word.

Synonyms

confuter, disprover, rebuttal, refuter