libeller
71libel — noun 1》 Law the publication of a false statement that is damaging to a person s reputation. Compare with slander. ↘such a statement; a written defamation. 2》 (in admiralty and ecclesiastical law) a plaintiff s written declaration. verb… …
72backbiter — n. Slanderer, defamer, traducer, calumniator, libeller, maligner, reviler, vilifier, detractor …
73calumniator — n. Slanderer, maligner, traducer, defamer, vilifier, reviler, blackener, backbiter, libeller, detractor …
74maligner — n. Vilifier, slanderer, traducer, calumniator, backbiter, libeller, defamer …
75pasquillant — n.; (also pasquiller) Satirist, lampooner, libeller …
76slanderer — n. Calumniator, backbiter, libeller, defamer, traducer, maligner, detractor …
77Prynne, William — (1600 1669) Controversial writer, b. near Bath, ed. at Oxf., studied law at Lincoln s Inn, of which he became a bencher, but soon became immersed in the writing of controversial pamphlets. After the Unloveliness of Lovelocks and Health s… …
78libeler — or libeller [lī′bəl ər] n. a person who commits libel …
79libel — n. & v. n. 1 Law a a published false statement damaging to a person s reputation (cf. SLANDER). b the act of publishing this. 2 a a false and defamatory written statement. b (foll. by on) a thing that brings discredit by misrepresentation etc.… …
80libeler — noun one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel • Syn: ↑defamer, ↑maligner, ↑slanderer, ↑vilifier, ↑backbiter, ↑traducer • Derivationally related forms: ↑traduce …
