altercator

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

altercātor, ōris, m. [altercor],

an orator who strives to conquer his antagonist by interrogatories , a disputant (cf. altercatio, II.): bonus altercator vitio iracundiae careat, Quint. 6, 4, 10; so id. 6, 4, 15; Front. Ver. Imper. 1.