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noun a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument
noun (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder
originEtymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English butter English rebutter From re- + butter.
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