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