A polemic argument or controversy.
A squabble; a tumult; a noisy disturbance; as, to raise a bobbery. [Low] Halliwell.
Engaged in, or addicted to, polemics, or to controversy; disputations; as, a polemic writer.
One who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant.