libellistn.
/ˈlʌɪbl̩ɪst/, /ˈlʌɪbəlɪst/, U.S. /ˈlaɪbələst/ = libeller n.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > [noun] > one who slanders
missayer1340
slandererc1340
jurorc1380
third tonguea1382
defamerc1425
malignerc1425
disclanderer1447
praterc1500
evil-sayer1530
ill sayera1533
infamera1533
belier1541
sycophant1548
calumniatorc1550
disgracer1570
infamator1571
depraver1584
calumnier1586
libeller1589
infamizer1593
maldisant1598
oblocutor1603
traducer1603
villainizer1605
vilifier1611
calumner1614
scandallerc1620
scandalizer1632
blackmouth1642
deflowerer1645
famer1646
defamator1658
reflector1681
reflecter1686
asperser1702
bedirtera1742
libellist1794
mud-flinger1839
denigrator1875
mud-slinger1876
tar-brusher1884
libellant-
society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > libel > one who
libeller1589
libellist1794
1794 C. Pigott Female Jockey Club (ed. 4) 200 In continuing to prosecute petty, insignificant cavillers, while they allow such a Gigantic Libellist..to go unmolested.
1801 H. M. Williams Sketches Manners French Republic I. v. 37 Every friend of liberty..was branded as a libellist.
1852 Fraser's Mag. 45 615 The law could not give more latitude to a libellist.
1899 Academy 28 Oct. 479/2 From Butler downwards they [satirists] are all inveterate libellists.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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