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

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

"If," said Elocution Professor Brigance with pardonable pride, "if there be such a thing as a crown of American oratory, certainly there could be no disputant of Wabash's claim to it."

From Time Magazine Archive

In Tunisia itself neither disputant seemed so reasonable.

From Time Magazine Archive

That quieted the disputant, and Polly kept her chair.

From Polly and Her Friends Abroad by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth