Debater

Tom is a good debater.

One of the most important skills a debater can have is to deliver cogent arguments in a clear manner.

You call yourself a debater?

Ziri is an Islamic debater who specializes in debates with representatives of the LGBT community.

The intricacies of a good argument can be difficult to articulate, but Carlos is a skilled debater.

The wise debater will then choose that evidence which will most quickly make his hearers feel that their own experience proves him right.

Being an academic doesn't necessarily make you a good public debater.

William is a great debater.

Benjamin Disraeli, who was a pretty bright guy—a novelist, debater, and prime minister of England—tried to identify a person once and ended up exclaiming, "A Polish nobleman, a Count somebody; I never can remember their crack-jaw name."

Chief among the strategies exploiting this rule was "spreading" (a combination of "speed" and "reading"), where debaters would rattle off arguments at a blistering pace. Their speeches often exceeded 300 words per minute. (A conversational pace is about 60 per minute.)