quarreller

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quarreller - a disputant who quarrels

quarreler

controversialist, disputant, eristic - a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy

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This naturally led to racing, and shooting at a mark; one trial of speed and skill succeeded another, shouts and acclamations rose from the victorious parties, fierce altercations succeeded, and a general melee was about to take place, when suddenly the attention of the quarrellers was arrested by a strange kind of Indian chant or chorus, that seemed to operate upon them as a charm.

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Predictably, Wilde's record as an avant-gardist and quarreller is ambivalent.

Quarrels and coteries in the 1890s

Additionally, the word 'exercyse' here means 'exposition of scripture'; 'Iestouris' means 'gestures'; and 'flytter', 'quarreller'.