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calumniator|kəˈlʌmnɪeɪtə(r)|
In 7 also -er, -our.
[a. L. calumniātor, n. of agent f. calumniāri; see calumniate and -or. Cf. 16th c. F. calomniateur.]
One who calumniates; a slanderer.
1549Compl. Scot. iv. 31 The peruerst opinions of inuyful calumniaturis ande of secret detrackers. a1563Becon New Catech. iv. (1844) 185 Satan..is called ‘the tempter’, ‘the calumniator or quarrel-picker’, and ‘the accuser of the brethren’. 1663Cowley Verses & Ess. (1669) 85 The Calumniators of Epicurus his Philosophy. 1848Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 148 To appoint, as his successor, his rival and calumniator, Tyrconnel. |