defamer

Example Sentences

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“The law allows a woman to hold a liar and defamer accountable.”

From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2019

Blaine “threw his shining lance full and fair against the brazen forehead of every defamer of his country.”

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2014

Said Mr. Saklatvala: If I got to the United States, I would prove Secretary Kellogg a liar and a defamer in ten minutes.

From Time Magazine Archive

At common law a defamer could not insist on an opportunity to retract or apologize, but he could give in evidence any apology or retraction to lessen the damages.

From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Bolles, Albert Sidney

He had a dim remembrance of how, dazed with rage, he had felt his way out to the next room, and cried, "You defamer of the dead! you will lie no more!"

From The Foreigner A Tale of Saskatchewan by Connor, Ralph