disputant
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Every other disputant in the South China Sea, including the Philippines, bases its maritime claims on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, an international agreement that defines maritime zones.
From National Geographic
The U. S. disputant was Harold M. Osborne, 1924 Olympic high jump and decathlon champion, world's record-holder in both events.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Only disputant of their power was Dion O'Banion, on Chicago's North Side, who ran a flower shop as a sideline, specialized in floral pieces for gangster funerals, a highly lucrative trade.
From Time Magazine Archive
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In Tunisia itself neither disputant seemed so reasonable.
From Time Magazine Archive
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This is said in full view of the fact that he was a learned theologian, a pungent disputant, a zealous student of biblical researches, a faithful pastor.
From Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 by Frothingham, Octavius Brooks