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Noun: rebutter  ri'bú-tu(r)
  1. A debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument
    "The scientist acted as a rebutter of the popular misconception";
    - disprover, refuter, confuter
     
  2. (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder
    "The defendant's lawyer presented a strong rebutter to the plaintiff's arguments";
    - rebuttal

Derived forms: rebutters

Type of: arguer, debater, pleading