libeler

li·bel

L0148200 (lī′bəl)n.1. a. The legally indefensible publication or broadcast of words or images that are degrading to a person or injurious to his or her reputation.b. An incidence of such publication or broadcast.2. The written claims initiating a suit in an admiralty court.tr.v. li·beled, li·bel·ing, li·bels or li·belled or li·bel·ling To publish or broadcast a libel about (a person). See Synonyms at malign.

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[Middle English, litigant's written complaint, from Old French, from Latin libellus, diminutive of liber, book.]

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li′bel·er, li′bel·ist n.

libeler

(ˈlaɪbələ) n another spelling of libeller

li•bel•er

(ˈlaɪ bə lər)

n. a person who libels; a person who publishes a libel assailing another. Also, esp. Brit.,li′bel•ler.[1580–90]

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libeler - one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libelbackbiter, defamer, maligner, slanderer, traducer, vilifierdepreciator, detractor, disparager, knocker - one who disparages or belittles the worth of something