bickerer

noun

Definition of bickerernext
as in defendant
a person who takes part in a dispute perpetual bickerers, the Taylors think nothing of having their private quarrels in public places

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  1. defendant
  2. plaintiff
  3. fighter
  4. disputant
  5. contestant
  6. advocate
Noun
  • Mohammed and other defendants have already acknowledged their guilt, undermining any other proceeding against them, the appeals court found.
    Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 1 Jan. 2025
  • In November, a military judge ruled that the plea agreements for the three defendants were valid.
    Ivana Saric, Axios, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of defendant
Noun
  • Some of the plaintiffs also allege that they have not been paid for participating in the show.
    Paul du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
  • The complaint contains several screenshots of a group text among the plaintiffs and other text messages that included the representative from the NIL collective.
    Joe Sabin, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of plaintiff
Noun
  • In 1997, a Korean Air plane crash in Guam killed 228 people, and in 1983, a Soviet fighter jet shot down a Korean Air flight over Russian airspace, killing all 269 aboard.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 29 Dec. 2024
  • The Israeli military said on Thursday that its fighter jets had struck Houthi targets on Yemen's western coast and further inland, including the Sanaa International Airport and power stations and ports in the country.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
Definition of fighter
Noun
  • In this and other such statements, the United States projects an aura of neutrality -- even suggesting, on occasion, that the country could serve as a good-faith mediator between disputants.
    Michael T. Klare, Foreign Affairs, 21 Feb. 2013
  • My disputant’s particular problem wasn’t with Carpenter’s voice but with its anodyne middle-of-the-road context (both musically and culturally).
    Wesley Stace, WSJ, 20 Dec. 2018
Definition of disputant
Noun
  • He is survived by his children — Jack, Chip, Jeff, and Amy — as well as his grandchildren, which includes grandson and Claim to Fame contestant, Hugo Wentzel.
    EW.com, EW.com, 30 Dec. 2024
  • With experience as a judge on Max’s ballroom competition show Legendary, Law Roach is no stranger to delving out critiques to contestants.
    Braedon Montgomery, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
Definition of contestant
Noun
  • Post Post Share Save Buy Copies Print Over the past 25 years executives have become fervent advocates of learning, calling it an imperative, career insurance, and the only source of competitive advantage.
    Gianpiero Petriglieri, Harvard Business Review, 1 Jan. 2025
  • Most notably, the election of Donald Trump as the 47th president means there will be a new National Labor Relations Board general counsel, whose current GC, Jennifer Abruzzo, is a strong advocate of D-I college athletes as employees and having the right to unionize.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of advocate
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