Oblocutor

//ɑbˈlɑkjətɚ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A gainsayer; a critic. archaic

    "[…] the censure of the judges, the railing language of the oblocutor […]"

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"[…] the censure of the judges, the railing language of the oblocutor […]"

Etymology

From Latin, from the agent noun counterpart, via suffix -tor, of the verb obloquor.

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