back-stabbern.
One who attacks unfairly, one who attacks a person behind his or her back.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > sneakiness > sneaky person > [noun] > attacking
back-stabber1906
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > attack by hostile measures or words > one who attacks with words, etc. > unfairly
back-stabber1906
1906 Westm. Gaz. 6 Jan. 15/3 I will tell you my idea of a false friend and back-stabber—to sweat the workman for personal profit and fawn on him for political profit; to promise old-age pensions for votes and, having got the votes, to refuse them.
1960 Spectator 30 Sept. 470 That party of back-stabbers and double-crossers.
Derivatives
back-stab v. [as a back-formation.]
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)] > attack with hostile words or measures > unfairly
back-stab1925
1925 Chambers's Jrnl. Dec. 863/2 I, after befriending her brother..had seemed to back-stab.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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