Hair″split′ter (–splĭt′tẽr), n. One who makes excessively nice or needless distinctions in reasoning; one who quibbles. “The caviling hairsplitter.” De Quincey.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.