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Answer for the clue "Someone given to disputes over words ", 11 letters:
logomachist

Word definitions for logomachist in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Logomachist \Lo*gom"a*chist\, n. [See Logomachy .] One who contends about words.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. One who starts fights about the meaning of words.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. someone given to disputes over words [syn: logomach ]

Usage examples of logomachist.

The despatches were certainly the products of a mind inadequately furnished with the experience and knowledge necessary for the task imposed upon it, but the honest intentions of the writer were equally apparent, and might have protected him from the kind of invective to which the noble logomachist subjected him.