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Noun: maligner  mu'lI-nu(r)
  1. One who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel
    - defamer, slanderer, vilifier, libeler [US], backbiter, traducer, calumniator [formal], libeller [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: maligners

Type of: depreciator, detractor, disparager, knocker

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