Noun: defamer di'fey-mu(r)
- One who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel
"The politician sued the defamer for spreading false rumours";
- maligner, slanderer, vilifier, libeler [US], backbiter, traducer, libeller [Brit, Cdn], calumniator [formal]
Derived forms: defamers
Type of: depreciator, detractor, disparager, knocker
Encyclopedia: Defamer