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A participant in a formal discussion
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discussant
Word definitions for discussant in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
discussant \discussant\ n. a participant in a discussion, especially a member of a panel. Syn: panelist.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a participant in a formal discussion
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Someone involved in a discussion, especially a participant in a formal discussion or who has been assigned a particular role or topic. (from 20th c.)
Usage examples of discussant.
Mortimer Ostow, invited me to be discussant to a paper that he was about to read before a meeting of The Society for Adolescent Psychiatry.
Even the voices of discussants who use internet phones come out (slightly) distorted.
The discussants can cut into each others words, argue and listen to tonal nuances.
The three discussants thus find ample time on the third day to consider other imponderables—the size and shape of the firmament, for example—and to converse in awe about the confounding grandeur of space.