[f. ARGUE + -ER1; cf. OF. argueur.] One who argues, adduces reasons, or engages in discussion; a disputant, a reasoner.

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1377.  Langl., P. Pl., B. X. 116. Augustyne to suche argueres · he telleþ hem þis teme.

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1649.  Fuller, Just Man’s Funeral, 21. The third sort of people, are the Arguers or Disputers.

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1763.  Johnson, in Boswell (1831), I. 454. I was a great arguer for the advantages of poverty.

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1836.  Hor. Smith, Tin Trump. (1876), 269. Personality and invective are not only proofs of a bad argument but of a bad arguer.

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