one who slanders, one who makes evil and untrue statements about another
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Maligner Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
One who maligns.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutOne who maligns.
maligner
\ma*lign"er\ (?), n. one who maligns.
maligner
n : one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel [syn: defamer, slanderer, vilifier, libeler, backbiter, traducer]
Noun
1. one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel
(synonym) defamer, slanderer, vilifier, libeler, backbiter, traducer
(hypernym) detractor, disparager, depreciator, knocker
(derivation) badmouth, malign, traduce, drag through the mud
