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