maligner

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His maligner and only slightly younger contemporary, Horace Walpole, in some of his letters, writes in a fashion which, putting mere slang aside, has hardly any difference from that of to-day.

From The English Novel by Saintsbury, George

She proves her innocence by going before the king and swearing that her maligner has stolen one of her golden slippers.

From Filipino Popular Tales by Fansler, Dean Spruill

He simply casts on that maligner from Shakespear a look of disparagement, an' with nose held high, as markin' his contempt, moves away with the remark.

From Faro Nell and Her Friends Wolfville Stories by Dunton, W. Herbert

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

Such is Bill Pratt, honest, cheerful, and industrious, the maligner of no man.

From A Williams Anthology A Collection of the Verse and Prose of Williams College, 1798-1910 by Lehman, Edwin Partridge