discussant

IPA: dɪskˈʌsʌnt

Someone involved in a discussion, especially a participant in a formal discussion or who has been assigned a particular role or topic.

Examples of "discussant" in Sentences

So, I shouted, from the back of the room, "Thanks for coming, discussant!"
The Founding Fathers made their reputations in being discussant about varying ideas.
So, I have continued to work and make progress in the two weeks since I sent the paper to the discussant.
The prospect of having to get a job or go to community college "may encourage him to hedge his bets and apply to a safety school," the discussant said.
Both Jason and the other discussant, Sebastian Mallaby, complained that putting the onus on the consumer to face the cost of health care would not work well because consumers are irrational and make bad decisions.
“My goal here,” one discussant began, frankly befuddled, “is to critique the data just presented, to maintain some credibility in the field, and to continue to remain friends with both the presenters and the discussants.”
If you want to have a faculty of national stature, doing the sort of things that build a national reputation (and thus the value of the degree), visibility -- ideally presenting papers or being a discussant -- at conferences is an important part of the strategic package for a law school.