defacern.
/dɪˈfeɪsə/ One who or that which defaces.
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image-breaker1565
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Goth1663
Vandal1663
Huna1744
book-burner1821
idoloclast1843
train-wrecker1873
biblioclast1880
trasher1970
1534 in J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. II. ix. 320 The most cruellest capital heretic, defacer and treader under foot of Christ and his church.
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. ix. 529/1 Clippers and defacers of his Coyne.
1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII v. iii. 75 Nor is there liuing..A man that more detests..Defacers of a publique peace then I doe. View more context for this quotation
1873 M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma v. 116 A defacer and disfigurer of moral treasures which were once in better keeping.
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