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Meaning of Debater | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
dɪˈbeɪtə(ɹ)

Definitions

One who debates or participates in a debate; one who argues.

Equivalents

Examples

“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.)”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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