maligner

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For this maligner of the general good, If still we fear his force, he must be woo'd; His haughty godhead we with pray'rs implore, Your scepter to release, and our just rights restore.

From The Aeneid English by Virgil

Lorrimer discovered that the maligner of his city was a Bostonian, and a stormy debate ensued.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860 by Various

Slowly they turned their heads to look at the fence, upon the other side of which stood the maligner of their eyes.

From Gentle Julia by Gilbert, C. Allan

Was my late folly known to this crawling maligner after all?

From The Cavalier by Cable, George Washington

Rev. Mr. Sanborn of the Universalist church replied to him the next Sunday evening, an immense audience being in attendance, and completely disproved the baseless allegations of the reverend maligner, to the satisfaction of all.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady