Noun: calumniator ku'lúm-nee,ey-tu(r)
Usage: formal
Usage: formal
- One who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel
"The politician sued the calumniator for spreading false rumours";
- defamer, maligner, slanderer, vilifier, libeler [US], backbiter, traducer, libeller [Brit, Cdn]
Derived forms: calumniators
Type of: depreciator, detractor, disparager, knocker
Encyclopedia: Calumniator