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One who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel
Answer for the clue "One who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel ", 8 letters:
maligner
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Word definitions for maligner in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Someone who maligns
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
maligner \ma*lign"er\, n. One who maligns.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., agent noun from malign (v.).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel [syn: defamer , slanderer , vilifier , libeler , backbiter , traducer ]
Usage examples of maligner.
This gave the lie to any of those maligners who said I wished to make a prisoner of my wife.
Their maligners may taunt them, if they will, with credulity, superstition, or a blind enthusiasm.