reasoner

[Eng. reason, v.; -er.] One who reasons or argues; an arguer. *rēaş-on-fül, *res-on-ful, a . [English reason ; -ful(l).] Reasonable. *reas-on-fül-ly, *reas-on-ful-li, adv . [Eng. reasonful; -ly .] Reasonably. rēaş'-on-ing, pr. par., a. & 8. [REASON, v.] A. & B. As pr . par . & particip . adj.: (See the verb.) C. As substantive: 1. The act, proce , or art of exercising the faculty of reason; the act or faculty of employing reason in argument; argumentation, ratiocination; reasoning power. 2. The reasons or arguments employed by one who reasons or argues; the proofs or arguments relied on by a disputant. "This reasoning, which was in truth as unanswerable as that of Euclid, brought the debate to a speedy close." -Macaulay: Hist . Eng., ch. xv. 3. Disputation, discu ion, argumentation. ( Acts xxviii. 27.) *rēaş-on-Ist, s. [Eng.reason; -ist.] A follower of reason; a rationalist. "Such persons are now commonly called reasonists and rationalists, to distinguish them from true reasoners and rational inquirers." -Water land: Works , viii. 67.