arguer C2+ Topic:People & Society US /ˈɑrɡjuɚ/ UK /ˈɑːɡjuə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a person who argues or debates She was a formidable arguer who rarely conceded a point. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person who argues or debates debaterdisputantcontroversialistwranglercontender Word family Related forms argueargumentarguableargumentative Etymology AI details From argue (from Old French arguer, from Latin arguere 'to make clear, prove, accuse') plus the agentive suffix -er. arguere Latin *h₂erǵ- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # arguer **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈɑrɡjuɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈɑːɡjuə/ ## Meanings 1. a person who argues or debates ## Examples - She was a formidable arguer who rarely conceded a point. ## Synonyms - debater - disputant - controversialist - wrangler - contender ## Related Forms - argue - argument - arguable - argumentative ## Roots and Affixes - Root: arguere - Root: *h₂erǵ- ## Etymology From argue (from Old French arguer, from Latin arguere 'to make clear, prove, accuse') plus the agentive suffix -er. ## AI Etymology Arguer is a noun meaning "a person who argues or debates". Historically, it is from argue (from Old French arguer, from Latin arguere 'to make clear, prove, accuse') plus the agentive suffix -er. The visible construction is part of the etymology: arguer is not just an unanalyzed simple word. The modern meaning, "a person who argues or debates", follows the base word through the added English ending. The historical chain links Latin arguere with Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ-. Close English family members include argue, argument, arguable, and argumentative. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown