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Meanings of accusatorial in English

Specifically indicating a form of prosecution in which one is publicly accused of and tried for a crime and in which the judge is not also the prosecutor.

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Examples for "controversialist"
Examples for "controversialist"
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True, he's better known as a level-headed host than a headstrong controversialist.
The Irish Times
2
Was a great controversialist, a lifelong Democrat, and an enemy of Tammany.
The new yorker
3
A controversialist tends to want to smother contradiction in deceptively straightforward elegance.
The Guardian
4
The younger man did not present the appearance of a crushed controversialist.
The Wolf's Long Howl
5
Tonight's the night Ireland's chief controversialist aims to take on the establishment.
The Irish Times
1
The disputant who depends entirely upon a set speech is greatly handicapped.
Practical Argumentation
2
The other disputant was German or Norwegian, and uninterested, though very kindly.
Letters from America
3
What was to be done with the remains of the unsuccessful disputant?
Dave Darrin's First Year at Annapolis / Two Plebe Midshipmen at ...
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Flaubert may have been a better disputant; he had a talent for writing.
The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters
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A wrangler and disputant threatening the other party with a law-suit:
The Wonders of Pompeii