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The Collaborative International Dictionary
maligner

maligner \ma*lign"er\, n. One who maligns.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
maligner

early 15c., agent noun from malign (v.).

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maligner

n. Someone who maligns

WordNet
maligner

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.