polemist

noun

Definition of polemistnext
as in attack dog

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  1. attack dog
  2. polemicist
  3. hired gun
Noun
  • Continue reading … -- POLITICS 'BAD LOOK' – Newsom's attack dog taunts Buttigieg over South Carolina visit as 2028 fight heats up.
    — , FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Pulte, the 38-year-old director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, is best known for his role as a partisan attack dog for the president.
    — Eric McDaniel, NPR, 11 June 2026
Definition of attack dog
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  • Foer, to his credit, is a reporter—and a very good one—more than a polemicist.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
  • Justice Kagan has sometimes been viewed as a strategist rather than a polemicist, who tries to forge agreements with the Court’s more moderate conservative members.
    — Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 2 May 2026
Definition of polemicist
Noun
  • That would be impressive enough, but don’t forget that year’s edition of the team also had UFA hired guns Luc Robitaille and Brett Hull.
    — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Every four years, ambitious consultants and hired guns sit down with aspiring presidents and sell them a lie.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 17 Aug. 2023
Definition of hired gun
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“Polemist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polemist. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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