• Discussant

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /dɪˈskÊŒsÉ™nt/

    Origin

    From discuss + -ant.

    Full definition of discussant

    Noun

    discussant

    (plural discussants)
    1. Someone involved in a discussion, especially a participant in a formal discussion or who has been assigned a particular role or topic. from 20th c.
      • 2005, Julie A. Cassiday, "Kirov and Death in The Great Citizen," Slavic Review, vol. 64, no. 4, p. 799n:I would like to thank Cynthia Ruder, whose comments as panel discussant helped me to rework my original paper.
      • 2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin 2013, p. 319:The prominence given to readers' responses to topical issues ... made concrete the sense of belonging to a large, active, and opinionated community of discussants.
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