'Controversialist' definitions:

Definition of 'controversialist'

(from WordNet)
noun
A person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy [syn: disputant, controversialist, eristic]

Definition of 'Controversialist'

From: GCIDE
  • Controversialist \Con`tro*ver"sial*ist\, n. One who carries on a controversy; a disputant. [1913 Webster]
  • He [Johnson] was both intellectually and morally of the stuff of which controversialists are made. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]