Oppugner

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /əˈpjuːnÉ™/

Origin

oppugn + -er.

Full definition of oppugner

Noun

1. Someone who oppugns; an opponent.
• 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, Book I, New York 2001, p. 168:Revenge and malice were as two violent oppugners on the one side; but honesty, religion, fear of God, withheld him on the other.----