Slanderer

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Slanderer \Slan"der*er\, n.
     One who slanders; a defamer; a calumniator. --Jer. Taylor.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  slanderer
       n : one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or
           libel [syn: {defamer}, {maligner}, {vilifier}, {libeler},
            {backbiter}, {traducer}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  22 Moby Thesaurus words for "slanderer":
     Thersites, backbiter, belittler, calumniator, caustic critic,
     cynic, debunker, decrier, defamer, deflater, depreciator,
     derogator, detractor, disparager, hatchet man, knocker, libeler,
     muckraker, mudslinger, railer, social critic, traducer
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  SLANDERER. A calumniator, who maliciously and without reason imputes a crime 
  or fault to another, of which he is innocent. 
       2. For this offence, when the slander is merely verbal, the remedy is 
  an action on the case for damages; when it is reduced to writing or 
  printing, it is a libel. (q.v.)