Meaning

3 senses
  1. One who drives back or repulses

  2. One who makes a rebuttal.

  3. A rebuttal; the answer of a defendant in matter of fact to a plaintiff's surrejoinder.

    (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder

Origin

From rebut + -er.

From rebut + -er.

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Forms

plural: rebutters
Singularrebutter
Pluralrebutters

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder:rebuttal
  • a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument:disproverrefuterconfuter

Word family

2 related words
Relatedrebut

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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