calumniator
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Hot-blooded, he called his assailant "a veritable calumniator ... an infantile mind."
From Time Magazine Archive
"On my faith," replied the earl, "I would have given this right hand to have removed from the queen such an informer and calumniator."
From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin
The devoted cardinal defied both the poniard and the tongue of the calumniator.
From Pius IX. And His Time by Æneas MacDonell Dawson
One who backbites; a secret calumniator or detractor.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
Saunders the Jesuit, the great calumniator of Anne Boleyn, says that it was on seeing his consort drop her handkerchief, which Norris picked up and wiped his face with.
From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin
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